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COLUMBIA COLLEGE 



ITS ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS 



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THE PERMANENT RESOLUTIONS 



ORDERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 





NEW YORK: 

D. VAN NOSTRAND, 192 BROADWAY, 

1866. 



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COLUMBIA COLLEGE 



ITS ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS: 



TO WHICH ABE ADDED, 



THE PEKMANENT EESOLUTIONS 



ORDERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 







NEW YORK: 
D. VAN NOSTRAND, 192 BROADWAY. 

1866. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 

Trustees of Columbia College 7 

Standing Committee 8 

Committee on the Course of Instruction 8 

Committee on the School of Mines 8 

Committee on the School of Law ^ 9 

Committee on the Library 9 

Faculty of Arts 10 

Other Officers of the College 11 

Faculty of the School of Mines 12 

Other Officers of the School of Mines 12 

Faculty of the School of Law 13 

Lectiurers in the School of Law 13 

Faculty of the School of Medicine 14 

Other Officers of the School of Medicine 15 

Trustees of the Medical Department 16 

Historical Sketch of ColTuubia College 17 

STATUTES OF THE COLLEGE. 

CHAPTER L 

Of the President 25 

CHAPTER EL 

Of the Board of the CoUege 26 

CHAPTER m. 

Of the CoTirse of Study 28 

CHAPTER IV. 

Of Admission 30 

CHAPTER V. 

Of Attendance 32 



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PAGE. 

CHAPTER VI. 
Of the Behavior of the Students 32 

CHAPTER Vn. 
Of Discipline 33 

CHAPTER Vni. 
Of the Mode of Punishment 35 

CHAPTER IX. 

Of Examinations 36 

CHAPTER X. 
Of the Proficiency of the Students 38 

CHAPTER XI. 
Of Commencements ,42 

CHAPTER Xn. 
Of Vacations ....:... 43 

CHAPTER Xin. 
Of the Library 44 

CHAPTER XIV. 
Of Free Scholarships 45 

CHAPTER XV. 
Of Eoimdations . . : 46 



STATUTE ORGANIZING THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 

CHAPTER I. 
Of the President 47 

CHAPTER n. 

Of the Faculty of the School of Mines 47 

CHAPTER III. 
Of Discipline 48 

CHAPTER IV. 
Of Fees for Tuition 49 



CONTENTS 



STATUTE ORGANIZING THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 

PAGE. 

CHAPTEE I. 

Of the President 51 

CHAPTER n. 
Of the Warden 51 

CHAPTER m. 

Of the Faculty of Law 52 

CHAPTER IV. 
Of Discipline 53 

RESOLUTIONS PROVIDING FOR A SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 

RESOLUTION L 

College of Physicians and Surgeons adopted as the School of Medicine . . 55 

RESOLUTION H. 
Manner of conferring Degrees 55 

RESOLUTION IH. 
Reservation of Power to dissolve the Relation 55 

MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS. 

Resolutions concerning the College 56 

Resolutions concerning the School of Mines 58 

Resolutions concerning the School of Law C'^ 

Resolutions creating the Committee on the Libruiy 63 

Resolution regulating Diploma Fees 65 

Resolution concerning Emeritus Professors 66 

RULES AND ORDERS CONCERNING PRIZES. 

Prizes in the College 68 

Prizes in the School of Law 71 

Prizes in the School of Medicine 75 



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BY-LAWS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE. 

CHAPTER I. 
General Rules of Order 77 

CHAPTER n. 
Determination of Standing 79 

CHAPTER m. 
Chapel Regulations 80 



Regulations of the Library 83 

Index 87 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 



§aar^ 0f trustees. 

NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

HAMILTON FISH, LL. D., Chairman of the Board . .134 East 17th Street. 

GARDINER SPRING, S. T. D., LL. D 13 West 37th " 

SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, LL. D 24 Union Square. 

WILLIAM BETTS, LL. D., Clerk 122 East 30th Street. 

BENJAMIN I. HAIGHT, S. T. D 56 West 26th Street. 

EDWARD JONES 75 Fifth Avenue. 

ROBERT RAY 221 West 28th Street. 

GOUVERNEUR M. OGDEN, Treasurer 84 West 11th Street. 

CHARLES KING, LL. D New York. 

HENRY J. ANDERSON, M. D., LL. D 53 West 36th Street. 

EDWARD L. BEADLE, .At . D Poughkeepsie. 

GEORGE T. STRONG 74 East 21st Street. 

MANCIUS S. BUTTON, S. T. D 115 Ninth 

ALEXANDER W. BRADFORD, LL. D 9 East 34th 

HORATIO POTTER, S. T. D., LL. D., D. C. L 33 West 24th " 

MARTIN ZBOROWSKI Morrisania. 

JOHN TORREY, M. D., LL. D Columbia CoUege. 

LEWIS M. RUTHERFURD 175 Second Avenue. 

THOMAS DE WITT, S. T. D 123 Ninth Street. 

JOHN JACOB ASTOR, Junr 310 Fifth Avenue. 

JOHN C. JAY, M. D Rye. 

WILLIAM C. SCHERxMERHORN 49 West 23d Street. 

MORGAN DIX, S. T. D 50 Varick 

FREDERICK A. P. BARNARD, S. T. D., LL. D. .. .Columbia College. 



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STANDING COMMITTEE. 

NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

GOUVERNEUR M. OGDEN, Chaieman 84 West 11th Street. 

WILLIAM BETTS, LL. D 122 East 30th " 

ROBERT RAY 221 East 28th " 

JOHN TORREY, M. D., LL. D Cohimbia College. 

EDWARD JONES 15 Fifth Avenue. 

MARTIN ZBOROWSKI Morrisania. 

LEWIS M. RUTHERFURD. . . 175 Second Avenue. 

COMMITTEE ON THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. 

NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

ALEXANDER W. BRADFORD, LL. D., Chairman. 9 East 34th Street. 

HORATIO POTTER, S. T. D., LL. D., D. C. L 33 West 24th " 

MORGAN DIX, S. T. D 50 Varick 

GEORGE T. STRONG 74 East 21st " 

LEWIS M. RUTHERFURD 175 Second Avenue. 

FREDERICK A. P. BARNARD, S. T. D., LL. D. . .Columbia College. 

COMMITTEE ON THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 

NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

WILLIAM BETTS, LL. D., Chairman 122 East 30th Street. 

EDWARD JONES 75 Fifth Avenue. 

GEORGE T. STRONG :74 East 21st Street. 

JOHN TORREY, M. D., LL. D Columbia College. 

LEWIS ^L RUTHERFURD 175 Second Avenue. 

FREDERICK A. P. BARNARD, S. T. D., LL. D. . .Columbia College. 
HAMILTON FISH, LL. D 134 East 17th Street. 



\ COMMITTEE OS THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 

\ 

\ NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, LL. D., Chairman 24 Union Square. 

HAMILTON FISH, LL. D 134 East 17th Street. 

GOUVERNEUR M. OGDEN, Esq.. . . 84 West 11th " 

GEORGE T. STRONG, Esq 74 East 21st 

WILLIAM BETTS, LL. D 122 East 30th " 

ALEXANDER W. BRADFORD, LL. D 9 East 34th 

THEODORE W. DWIGHT, LL. D 37 Lafayette Place. 



COMMITTEE ON THE LIBKARY. 

NA>rES. RESIDENCES. 

HENRY J. ANDERSON, M. D., LL. D., Chairman. .53 West 36th Street 

GEORGE T. STRONG 74 East 21st 

WILLIAM C. SCHER^fERHORN 49 West 23d " 

FREDERICK A. P. BARNARD, S. T. D., LL. D. . .'Cohimbia College. 
BEVERLEY IL BETTS, Clerk Maspeth, L. I. 



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NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

FREDERICK A. P. BARNARD, S. T. D., LL. D. . .Columbia CoUege. 

President. 

JOHN McVICKAR, S. T. D 21 West 32d Street. 

Emeritus Professor of the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion. 

CHARLES ANTHON, LL. D 12 East 37th Street. 

Jay Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. 

HENRY DRISLER, LL. D ., .226 East 10th " 

Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. 

HENRY I. SCHMIDT, S. T. D 94 West 43d " 

Gebhard Professor of the German Language and Literature. 

CHARLES A. JOY, Ph. D Columbia CoUege. 

Professor of Chemistry. 

CHARLES DAVIES, LL. D Fishkill Landing. 

Emeritus Professor of the Higher Mathematics. 

WILLIAM G. JPECK, LL. D 29 Tenth Street. 

Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. 

CHARLES MURRAY NAIRNE, A. M 163 West 34th Street. 

Professor of Philosophy and English Literature. 

JOHN H. VAN AMRINGE, A. M Ravenswood, L. I. 

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. 

OGDEN N. ROOD, A. M Columbia College. 

Professor of Mechanics and Physics. 



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NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

CORNELIUS R. DUFFIE, S. T. D 233 Lexington Av. 

Chaplain. 

BEVERLEY R. BETTS Maspeth, L. L 

Librarian. 

DUANE S. EVERSON, A. B 16 West 28th Street. 

Tutor in Latin and Greek. 

EUGENE LAWRENCE, A. M 238 West 19th " 

Tutor in Rhetoric and History. 

HENRY B. CORNWALL, A. B 508 Seventh Av. 

Assistant in General Chemistry. 

JOHN H. VAN AMRINGE iRavenswood, L. I. 

Secretary of the Faculty. 

DUANE S. EVERSON 16 West 28th Street. 

Secretary to the President. 
WILLIAM H. WALTER 166 West 24th " 

Organist. 

STEPHEN R. WEEKS Columbia CoUege. 

Janitor and Assistant Librarian. 



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NAMES. EESIDENCES. 

FREDERICK A. P. BARNARD. S. T. D., LL. D. . .Columbia CoUege. 

President. 

THOMAS EGLESTON, Jr., A. M., E. M 10 Fifth Avenue. 

Professor of Mineralogy and Metallurgy. 

FRANCIS L. VINTON, E. M 5 Grace Court, Brooklyn Heights. 

Professor of Mining Engineering. 

CHARLES F. CHANDLER, Ph. D 158 East 33d Street. 

Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Analytical and Applied Chemistry. 

JOHN TORREY, M. D., LL. D Columbia CoUege. 

Lecturer on Botany. 

CHARLES A. JOY, Ph. D Cohunbia College. 

Professor of General Chemistry 

WILLIAM G. PECK, LL. D 29 Tenth Street. 

Professor of Mechanics and their Applications. 

JOHN H. VAN AMRINGE, A. M Ravenswood, L. T. 

Professor of Mathematics. 

06DEN N. ROOD, A. M Columbia College. 

Professor of I'hysics. 



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(S)tl|cr Officers. 



NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

ALBERT HUNTINGTON CHESTER 33 V7est 44th Street. 

Assistant in Mineralogy. 

HENRY B. CORNWALL, A. B 508 Seventh Av. 

Assistant in General Chemistry. 

ALEXIS A. JDLIEN, A. M 81 East 23d Street. 

A.ssistanl in Quantitative Analysis. 

EDWARD W. ROOT, A. B 205 West 27tli " 

Assistant in Qualitative Analysis. 

MILOS KROLIKOWSKI, C. E 176 Blcecker Street. 

Assistant in Druugbllng. 



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NAMES. RESIDENCES. 

FREDERICK A. P. BARNARD, S. T. D., LL. D. . .Columbia CoUcge. 

President. 

THEODORE W. DWIGHT, LL. D 37 Lafayette Place. 

Warden of the I*\w School, and Professor of Municipal I^w. 

FRANCIS LIEBER, LL. D 48 East 34th Street. 

Professor of Constitutional History and Public Law. 

CHARLES MURRAY NAIRNE, M. A 163 West 34th " 

Professor of the Ethics of Jurisprudence. 

JOHN ORDRONAUX, LL. B., M. D. . . .174 W. 23d St., and Roslyn, R. I. 

Professor of Medical Jurisprudence. 



Sfcturtrs. 



MARSHALL S. BIDWELL, LL. D 27 Clinton Place. 

ALEXANDER W. BRADFORD, LL. D 9 East 34th Street. 

CHARLES P. DALY, LL. D 84 Clinton Place. 

WILLIAM M. EVARTS, LL. D .7 West 14th Street. 

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NAMES. EESIDENCE8. 

EDWARD DELAFIELD, M. D 2 East 17th Street. 

President, and Emeritus Professqj' of Obstetrics. 

ALEXANDER H. STEVENS, M. D., LL. D 6 Lafayette Place. 

Professor Emeritus of Clinical Surgery. 

JOHN TORREY, M. D., LL. D ('olumbia CoUege. 

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Botany. 

JOSEPH MATHER SMITH, M. D 11 East 17th Street. 

Professor of Materia Medica and Clinical Medicine. 

ROBERT WATTS, M. D 42 East 12th " 

Professor of Anatomy. 

WILLARD PARKER, M. D 37 East 12th " 

Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery and Surgical Anatomy. 

T. GAILLIARD THOMAS, M. D 86 Fifth Avenue. 

Professor of Obstetrics, the Diseases of Women and Children, and Medical 
Jurisprudence. 

ALONZO CLARK, M. D 30 East 21st Sti-eet. 

Professor of Pathology and Practical Medicine. 

JOHN C. DALTON, Jr., M. D 99 Madison Avenue. 

Professor of Physiology and Microscopic Anatomy. 

SAMUEL ST. JOHN, M. D 309 Foiu-th 

Professor of Chemistry. 

THOMAS M. MARKOE, M. D 4 East 17th Street. 

Professor Adjunct of Surgery. 

WILLIAM DETMOLD, M. D 104 Ninth 

Professor of Military Surgery and Hygiene. 



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HENRY B. SANDS, M. D 5 East 13th Street. 

Demonstrator of Anatomy and Curator of the College Museum. 

ERSKINE MASON, M. D 74 West 21st Street. 

Assistant Demonstrator. 

JAMES L. LITTLE, M. D 268 West 42d Street. 

Assistant to the Professor of Surgery. 

EDWARD B. D ALTON, M. D 99 Madison Avenue. 

Clinical Clerk to the Medical Cliniqae. 

ROBERT WATTS, Jr., M. D 42 East 12th Street. 

Clinical As.sistaut to the Medical Clinique. 

FRANCIS DELAFIELD, M. D 2 East 17th Street. 

Clinical Assistant to the Medical Clinique. 

THOMAS HAIGH, M. D 90 East. 71st Street. 

Assistant to the Professor of Physiology. 

GOUVERNEUR M. SMITH, M. D 11 East 17th Street. 

Librarian. 

THOMAS DENHAM Medical College. 

Janitor. 



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EDWARD DELAFIELD, M. D., President 2 East 17tli Street. 

EDWARD L. BEADLE, M. D., Vice-President. Poughkeepsie. 

EDWARD G. LUDLOW, M. D 49 East 23d Street. 

JOSEPH DELAFIELD 475 Fiftli Avenue. 

FLOYD SMITH, Treasurer 283 West 21st Street. 

RICHARD M. BLATCHFORD 6 East 14tli Street. 

JOHN P. CROSBY 31 West 17tli Street. 

GURDON BUCK, M. D., Registrar 121 Tenth Street. 

JAMES W. BEEKMAN 5 East 34tli Street. 

DANIEL D. LORD 45 West 19th Street. 

BENJAMIN R. WINTHROP 134 Second Avenue. 

WICKHAM HOFFMAN New York. 

ISAAC WOOD, M. D 68 East 17th Street. 

GEO. W. WRIGHT 62 East 23d Street. 

HON. FREDERICK A. CONKLING 103 Tenth Street. 

CHARLES HENSCHEL, M. D 20 East 14th Street. 

WASHINGTON MURRAY 11 East 12th Street. 

HENRY CH AUNCE Y, Jr 25 Washington Square. 

SULLIVAN H. WESTON, S. T. D 30 Laight Street. 

WILLIAM BETTS, LL. D 122 East 30th Street. 

TALBOT OLYPHANT 18 East 37th Street. 

JOHN TORREY, M. D., LL. D Columbia College. 

BENJAMIN OGDEN, M. D 140 Hester Street. 

CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON 44 West 22d Street. 

JARED LINSLY, M. D 22 Lafayette Place. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH 



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COLUMBIA COLLEGE 



The establishment of a college in the city of New York, was 
many years in agitation before the design was carried into effect. 
At length, under an act of Assembly, passed in December, 1746, 
and other similar acts which followed, moneys were raised by 
public lottery " for the encouragement of learping and towards 
the founding a college" within the colony. These moneys were 
in November, 1751, vested in trustees ; of whom, ten in number, 
seven were members of the church of England, and some of 
these seven were also vestrymen of Trinity Church. 

These circumstances, together with the liberal grant of land 
to the college by Trinity Church, excited apprehensions of a 
design to introduce a church-establishment within the province, 
and caused violent opposition to the plan, as soon as it became 
known, of obtaining a royal charter for the college. 

This opposition, however, being at last in a great measure sur- 
mounted, the trustees in November, 1753, invited Dr. Samuel 
Johnson, of Connecticut, to be president of the intended college. 
Dr. Johnson consequently removed to New York in the month of 
April following, and in July, 1754, commenced the instruction of 
a class of students in a room of the school-house belonging to 
Trinity Church ; but he would not absolutely accept of the presi- 
dency until after the passing of the charter. This took place on 
the 31.st of October in the same year, 1754 ; from which period 
the existence of the college is properly to be dated. The gov- 
ernors of the college, named in the charter, arc the archbishop 
of Canterbury, and the first Lord commissioner for trade and 

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18 HISTOEICAL SKETCH OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 

plantations, both empowered to act by proxies ; the lieutenant- 
governor of the province, and several other public officers ; to- 
gether with the" rector of Trinity Church, the senior minister of 
the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, the ministers of the Ger- 
man Lutheran Church, of the French Church, of the Presbyterian 
Congregation, and the president of the college, all ex officio, and 
twenty-four of the principal gentlemen of the city. The college 
was to be known by the name of King's College. Previously to 
the passing of the charter, a parcel of ground to the westward 
of Broadway, bounded by Barclay, Church, and Murray streets, 
and by the Hudson river, had been destined by the vestry 
of Trinity Church as a site for the college edifice ; and, accord- 
ingly, after the charter was granted, a grant of the land was 
made, on the 13th of May, 1155. On a portion of this plot, at 
the foot of Upper Robinson street, as it was at first called, but 
afterwards Park place, the college was subsequeritly built, and 
there stood for one hundred and three years until its removal 
to another site in 1851, occasioned by the demands of the busi- 
ness of the city. The part of the land thus granted by Trinity 
Church, not occupied for college purposes, was leased, and be- 
came a very valuable endowment to the college. 

The sources whence the funds of the institution were derived 
besides the proceeds of the lotteries above mentioned, were the 
voluntary contributions of private individuals in this country, 
and sums obtained by agents who were subsequently sent to 
England and'France. In May, 1160, the college buildings began 
to be occupied. In March, 1163, Dr. Johnson resigned his office 
of president, and the Rev. Dr. Mylcs Cooper, of Oxford, who had 
previously been appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy, and 
assistant to the president, was elected in his place. In 1161, a 
grant of land was obtained, under the government of Sir Henry 
Moore, of twenty-four thousand acres, situated in the northern 
parts of the province of New York ; but by the terms of the 
treaty which the state of New York concluded with Vermont 
upon its erection into a separate state, this among other grants 
of lands lying within its limits, was annulled, and the college 
consequently lost a tract of great value, inasmuch as it consti- 
tuted the county town of the county in wliich it was situated. ' 

In August, of the year 1161, a medical school was established 
in the college. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 19 

The following; account of the institution, supposed to be 
written by Dr. Cooper, shows its condition previously to the war 
of the revolution : 

" Since the passing of the charter, the institution hath received 
great emolument by grants from his most gracious majesty King 
George the Third, and by liberal contributions from many of the 
nobility and gentry in the parent country ; from the society for 
the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, and from several 
public-spirited gentlemen in America and elsewhere. By means 
of these and other benefactions, the governors of the college 
have been enabled to extend their plan of education almost as 
diflfusoly as any college in Europe ; herein being taught, by 
proper masters and professors, who are chose'n by the governors 
and president, Divinity, Natural Law, Physic, Logic, Ethics, Meta- 
physics, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Geography, 
History, Chronologj^, Rhetoric, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern Lan- 
guages, the Belles-Lettres, and whatever else of literature may 
tend to accomplish the pupils as scholars and gentlemen. 

" To the college is also annexed a grammar school for the due 
preparation of those who propose to complete their education 
with the arts and sciences. 

" All students but those in medicine, are obliged to lodge and 
diet in the college, unless they are particularly exempted by the 
governor or president ; and the edifice is surrounded by a high 
fence, which also encloses a large court and garden, and a porter 
constantly attends at the front gate, which is closed at ten 
o'clock each evening in summer, and nine in winter ; after which 
hours, the names of all that come in are delivered weekly to the 
president. 

" The college is situated on a dry gravelly soil, about one hun- 
dred and fifty yards from the bank of the Hudson river, which it 
overlooks ; commanding, from the eminence on which it stands, a 
most extensive and beautiful prospect of the opposite shore and 
country of New Jersey, the city and island of New York, Long 
Island, Staten Island, New York bay and its islands, the Nar- 
rows, forming the mouth of the harbor, etc., etc. ; and being 
totally unencumbered by any adjacent buildings, and admitting 
the purest circulation of air from the river, and every other quar- 
ter, has the benefit of as agreeable and healthy a situation as can 
possibly be conceived. 



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" Visitations by the governors are quarterly ; at which times, 
premiums of books, silver medals, etc., are adjudged to the most 
deserving. 

" This seminary hath already produced a number of gentle- 
men, who do great honor to their professions, the place of their 
education, and themselves, in divinity, law, medicine, etc., etc., 
in this and various other colonies, both on the American conti- 
nent and West India Islands ; and the college is annually in- 
creasing as well in students as reputation." 

In consequence of the dispute between this and the parent 
country, Dr. Cooper returned to England, and the Eev. Benjamin 
Moore was appointed prceses pro temjoore during the absence of 
Dr. Cooper, who, however, did not return. 

On the breaking out of the revolutionary war, the business of 
the college was almost entirely broken up, and it was not until 
after the return of peace, that its affairs were again regularly at- 
tended to.' 

In May, 1*184, the college, upon its own application, was 
erected into a university, and its corporate title changed from 
King's College to that of Kegents of the University. New pro- 
fessors were appointed, and a medical department was es- 
tablished. 

The college continued under that government until April, 
1181 ; when finding the attempt to establish a university unsuc- 
cessful, they were restored to their original position under the 
present name of Columbia College. 

The original charter, with necessary alterations, was confirmed, 
and the college placed under twenty-nine trustees, who were to 
exercise their functions until their number should be reduced, by 
death, resignation, or removal from the state, to twenty-four ; 
after which, all vacancies in their Board were to be filled by their 
own choice. 

At the same time a new body wag created, called by the same 
name, " The Regents of the University," under which all the sem- 
inaries of learning mentioned in the act creating it, were placed 
by the legislature. This body still exists under its original name. 

In May, 1181, Dr. Wm. Samuel Johnson, son of the first pres- 
ident, was elected president of Columbia College. During the 
previous vacancy of the presidential chair, the professors had . 



HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 21 

presided in turn ; and certificates were given to graduates, in 
place of regular dii)lomas. 

In the beginning of the year 1192, the medical school was 
placed upon a more respectable and eflBcient footing than before. 

Dr. Johnson resigned the office of president in July, 1800, and 
was succeeded the year following by the Rev. Dr. Wharton, who 
resigned his office at the end of about seven months. 

Bishop Moore siicceeded Dr. Wharton as president. His ec- 
clesiastical duties were such, that he was not expected to take an 
active part in the business of the college, except on particular 
occasions. The chief management of its concerns devolved upon 
the professors. 

In 1809, the I'equisites for entrance into college, to take effect 
the following year, were very much raised, and a new course of 
study and system of discipline was established. 

A new amended charter was obtained from the legislature in 
1810 ; by which the power of the college to lease its real estate 
for twenty-one years was extended to sixty-three years. 

Bishop Moore resigned his office of president in May, 1811, in 
order to make room for some person who might devote his whole 
time and attention to the college ; and in June following, a new 
office, styled that of provost, was created. The provost was to 
supply the place of the president in his absence, and was to con- 
duct the classical studies of the senior class. Shortly after this 
new arrangement, the Rev. Wm. Harris, and the Rev. John M. 
Mason, were elected president and provost. 

In consequence of the establishment of the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons in New York, the Medical School of Colum- 
bia College was in November, 1813, discontinued. 

The provost resigned his office in 1816 ; since which time the 
college has been under the sole superintendence of a pres- 
ident. 

In 1814, a grant was made to the college by the legislature, of 
a tract of land on Manhattan Island, of about twenty acres, 
which had been occupied as a botanic garden by the late Dr. 
Hosack, and had been purchased of him by the state. The 
grant was accompanied by the condition that the college should 
be removed to the tract so granted within twelve years. In 1819, 
this condition was repealed. At tliat time the lands were valued 
at two hundred and fifty dollars an acre, or in whole, at five 



22 HISTOEICAL SKETCH OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 

thousand dollars.- These lands, in the present map of the city, 
are embraced between the Fifth and Sixth avenues, and extend 
from Forty-seventh street to Fifty-first street. The lapse of half 
a century and the gradual growth of the city have, of course, 
greatly increased their value, • 

In September of 181*7, steps were taken by the trustees for a 
thorough repair of the old edifice, which was in a very decayed 
state, and for the erection of additional buildings. Before the 
end of the year 1820, the proposed alterations and additions 
were completed. 

At the close of the year 182t, the trustees resolved upon the 
establishment of a grammar school under the superintendence 
of the faculty of the college ; which resolution was carried into 
effect early the following year ; and, in 1829, a building was 
erected upon the college ground for the accommodation of scholars. 
The school was discontinued in 1863. 

In October, of the year 1829, Dr. Harris, the President of the 
college, died ; and, on the 9th of December following, Wm. A. 
Duer, LL. t>., was elected in his room. 

AVith a view of rendering the benefits of education more gen- 
erally accessible to the community, the system of instruction, at 
the commencement of the year 1830, underwent very extensive 
additions and modifications, and the time of daily attendance 
upon the professors was materially increased. The course of 
study in existence at the time of making these additions, was 
kept entire, and was denominated the full course. 

Another course of instruction was established, denominated 
the scientific and literary course ; which latter was open to others 
besides matriculated students, and to such extent as they might 
think proper to attend. 

On a revision of the statutes in the year 1836, both courses of 
study pursued in the college were further enlarged ; and the lit- 
erary and scientific course, in particular, defined and materially 
extended. And in order that this course, as well as the scientific 
branches of the full course, might be conducted in the most 
efficient manner, the trustees appropriated the sum of ten thou- 
sand dollars for the purchase of additional apparatus, as well as 
for adding to the library the requisite books of reference and 
illustration. 

The literary and scientific course, lio.wever, as distinguished 



HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 23 

from the full course, did not appear to find favor with the public, 
and upon a revision of the statutes, in the year 1843, was dis- 
continued. 

Among other important changes made on this same occasion, 
was the adoption of the German language and literature as part 
of the sub-graduate course, and the establishment of the Gebhard 
professorship thereof, upon the endowment made by the last will 
and testament of Frederick Gebhard, Esquire, 

In April, 1842, Wm. A. Duer, LL, D., resigned his office of 
president, and in the following montli of August, Nathaniel F. 
Moore, LL. D., was elected in his place. President Moore having 
resigned his office in 1849, Charles King, LL. D., was chosen in 
his place in November of that year. 

In 1854, the subjects of tlie removal of the college, and the ex- 
pediency of establishing a system of university instruction, were 
considered by the trustees, and the body of professors having 
in view such a system was greatly enlarged. 

In May, 1857, the college was removed from its old position, 
on Park place, to where it now stands, in East Forty-ninth street, 
between Madison and Fourth avenues. 

On tlie nth of May, 1858, a department of law was estab- 
lished, under the name of " The Law School of Columbia College," 
and a Faculty of law appointed. 

In 1860, by an arrangement with the Regents of the University, » 
and the sanction of the legislature, a union was effected with 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, by which that institution 
was adopted as the medical department of the college. 

In 1863, the necessary measures were commenced for organiz- 
ing a department of science ; and in the following year a Faculty 
of the School of Mines was appointed, which school is now in suc- 
cessful operation. 

In the year 1864, Dr. King resigned the presidency of the 
college, and the Reverend Frederick A. P. Barnard, S. T. D., LL. D., 
sometime Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, Avas chosen 
to fill his place. 

Columbia College at the present time has a Faculty of Arts, 
a Faculty of Law, a Faculty of Medicine, and a Faculty of Min- 
ing Science, embracing a president and forty-six professors and 
other instructors, and in all the departments nearly eight hundred 
students. 

January, 1866. 



STATUTES 



OF 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE 



CHAPTER I. 



OFTHE PRESIDENT 



§ 1. It shall be the duty of the President to take charge 
and have care of the college' generally ; of its buildings, of 
the grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property 
upon the same. To see that the course of instruction and 
discipline prescribed by the statutes is faithfully pursued, 
and to prevent and rectify all deviations from the same. 

To call meetings of the Faculty, and to give such direc- 
tions and perform such acts as shall, in his judgment, pro- 
mote the interests of the college, so that they do not con- 
travene the charter, the statutes, the orders- of the Trustees, 
or the decisions of the Board of the college. 

To visit the class-rooms from time to time, and keep him- 
self informed of the manner in which the classes are taught. 

To report to the Trustees annually, at the stated meeting' 
in May, and as occasion 8ha,ll require, the state of the college 
and the measures which may be necessary for its prosperity, 
and particularly the manner in which the several Professors 
and Tutors perform their respective duties. 



26 OF THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE. 

§ 2. He sliall have power to grant leave of absence from 
the college for a reasonable cause, and for such length of 
time as he shall judge the occasion may require : provided 
that when such leave of absence exceeds two days, it be en- 
tered upon the minutes of the Board of the college. 

§ 3. He shall preside at commencements and at all meet- 
ings of the Board, and shall sign all diplomas. 

§ 4. He shall assemble the classes every day except f^'atur- 
day and Sunday, at half past nine o'clock, A. M., for the 
purpose of attending prayers ; and at these daily prayers it 
shall be the duty of each of the members of the Board to be 
present, unless his presence shall be dispensed with by the 
President. 

§ 5. The senior Professor present at the time shall, in the 
absence of .the President, have the same authority as the 
President to command obedience, and enforce the discipline 
of the institution. 



CHAPTER II. 

OF THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE. 

§ 1. The President and the Professors engaged in the sub- 
graduate course of instruction shall constitute the Board of 
the college. Professors of modern languages shall have 
seats at the Board only when the conduct or proficiency of 
students in their respective departments shall be in question, 
and they may be heard and vote thereon. Tutors shall have 
seats at the Board on all occasions when the conduct or 
proficiency of the students under their charge, in the depart- 
ments in which they respectively give instruction, shall be 
in question, but on no other occasion ; but they shall have 
no vote. 



OF THE BOARD OF THE COLLEGE. 27 

§ 2. The Professors shall take precedence according to the 
dates of their appointments. 

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the Professors and Tutors to 
assist the President with their counsel and co-operation. 

§ 4. The Board shall have power : 

To try oflfences committed by the students ; 

To determine their relative staLding ; 

To adjudge rewards and punishments, and to make all 
such regulations of their own proceedings and for the better 
execution of the college system, as shall not contravene 
the charter of the college, nor the statutes, nor any order 
of the Trustees. 

§ 5. The concurrence of the President shall be necessary 
to every act of the Board ; and in case the Board shall be 
equally divided, the President shall have a casting vote in 
addition to his vote as a member of the Board. 

§ 6. In case of the absence of the President, the senior 
Professor present shall preside at the meeting of the Board, 
and all acts of the Board thus constituted shall be valid un- 
less the President shall, at the next subsequent stated meet- 
ing at which he shall be present, express his dissent, either 
personally or in Avriting. 

§ 7. Upon any resolution, duly seconded, a vote shall be 
taken if desired by the mover. When the President dis- 
sents from the vote of the majority of the Board, such vote 
and such dissent shall be recorded in the minutes. 

§ 8. The Board shall meet for the purpose of administer- 
ing the general discipline of the college once in each week, 
except in vacation. At these meetings the Professors shall 
report concerning the conduct and proficiency of the mem- 
bers of the respective classes, noting particularly those who 
have been delinquent in their behavior or attendance, or de- 



28 OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 

ficient or negligent in their recitations, with the number of 
their absences. 

§ 9. The Board shall keep minutes of their proceedings, 
and shall appoint one of their own number to perform that 
duty. 

§ 10. In those minutes shall be noted the names of the 
members present and absent at each meeting. It shall be 
the duty of the President to cause such minutes to be laid 
before the Trustees at their meetings. 

§ 11. The members of the Board whose salaries are paid 
out of the general fund of the college, shall not be engaged 
in any professional pursuits from which they derive emolu- 
ment, and which are not connected with the college. 



CHAPTER III. 

OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 

§ 1. There 'shall be four classes of undergraduate stu- 
dents in college, to be called the Freshman Class, the Soph- 
omore Class, the Junior Class, and the Senior Class. The 
course of study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, 
and the entire course, four years. 

§ 2. The Freshman Class shall be instructed in the Latin 
and Greek Languages, Roman and Grecian History and An- 
tiquities, Rhetoric, and tlie more elementary branches of the 
Pure Mathematics. 

§ 3. The Sophomore Class shall be instructed in the 
Latin and Greek Languages, Rhetoric, ^Esthetics, the His- 
tory of Modern Literature, and the remaining brandies of 



OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. 



29 



Pure Mathematics usually taught in colleges, embracing 
Analytical Geometry, but excluding the Difierential and In- 
tegral Calculus. 

§ 4. The Junior Class shall be instructed in the Latin and 
Greek Languages, the History of Modern Literature, Logic, 
Criticism, Modern History, Physics, and Chemistry. 

§ 5. The Senior Class shall be instructed in the Eviden- 
ces of Natural and Kevealed Keligion, Modern History, 
Political Economy, Moral and Mental Philosophy, the His- 
tory of Ancient Literature, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, 
Geology, and Mineralogy. During this "year, also, students 
who desire it may receive instruction in the Differential 
and Integral Calculus. 

§ 6. In each of the four years the student shall be exer- 
cised in English Composition, and during the first three 
years in Latin and Greek Composition also, and in Elocution. 

§ 7. Instruction shall be given to students who may desire 
it, in the German Language and its Literature, and in such 
other Modern Languages as the Board of Trustees may see 
fit to direct. 

§ 8. A plan of the course, specifying more in detail the 
studies to be pursued in each year and in each of the depart- 
ments of instruction, shall be prepared by the Board of the 
college, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees ; 
and this plan, after having been so approved, shall be pub- 
lished in every annual catalogue of the college. 

§ 9. The Trustees shall assign to each Professor or olher 
instructor such proportion of the time of the classes as may 
seem to them judicious ; and the Faculty shall prcjjare, in 
conformity with this allotment, such a scheme of daily in- 
struction as shall appear to be best adajjted to promote the 
advancement of the students in their various studies. 



30 OF ADMISSION. 

§ 10. The text-books to be used by tbe classes may be se- 
lected by the Professors in their several departments, with 
the approval of the President, and with the reserved right of 
control by the Board of Trustees. 

§ 11. The hours of instruction at the college shall be the 
three in each day which immediately follow the morning exer- 
cises of the chapel, and such others as the Trustees may at 
any time hereafter assign ; and during those hours, the classes 
severally, or their several sections, shall attend such instruc- 
tors as shall be prescribed in the scheme of daily instruction, 
or as the Board of the college may direct, and in the order 
which may be so determined. 

§ 12. No Professor or other officer of the college shall ex- 
cuse a class or section from assembling at the time and place 
appointed for lecture or recitation, or dismiss a class or sec- 
tion after if may have apsembled before the expiration of the 
time allotted to the exercise, without the consent of the Pres- 
ident ; nor, without such consent, shall any class or section 
be excused from the performance of any exercise required of 
them by law ; but individual students may, for satisfactory 
reasons, be excused from such performances, by the officers 
to whom they are due. 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF ADJIISSION 



§ 1. As a general rule, no student shall be admitted to the 
Freshman class at its formation unless he shall have at- 
tained the age of fifteen years ; nor shall any one be admit- 
ted to a more advanced standing without a corresponding in- 
crease of age ; but this rule may be dispensed with where, in 
the opinion of the Faculty, there are sufficient reasons to 
justify its relaxation. 



OF ADMISSION. 31 

§ 2. Every applicant for admission to the Frt shinan class 
shall be examined in the" English, Latin, and Greek Gram- 
mars, Latin Prosody and Composition, Ancient and Modern 
Geography, Arithmetic, and so much of Algebra and Geom- 
etry, and such authors in Greek and Latin, as the Board of 
the college may prescribe. All the requisitions for admis- 
sion shall be annually published in the college catalogue, 
and the Board of the college shall have power, from time to 
time, with the concurrence of the Trustees, to modify these 
requisitions as the exigencies of the college may seem to 
require. 

§ 3. No candidate shall be admitted to"' an advanced stand- 
ing until he shall have passed a satisfactory examination 
upon the studies which have been pursued by the class for 
which he applies, as well as upon those enumerated in the 
foregoing section ; nor, in case he shall have been previously 
a member of another college, without a certificate from such 
college of his discharge in good standing. 

§ 4. Every student admitted to the college will be required, 
immediately upon his admission, and subsequently, at the 
beginning of each succeeding academical year, to write in 
the matriculation book of the college his own name, and 
the name, place of abode, and post-ofRce of his father or 
guardian. 

§ 5. None but matriculated students shall bi^ allowed to 
attend the classes without the special permission of the 
Board of Trustees. 

§ 6. Tuition fees shall be paid on matriculation, unless the 
time be extended by the President and Treasurer. 

§ 7. After admission, the students shall be arranged alpha- 
betically in the class-rolls, and seated in like order in their 
classes ; and whenever it shall be deemed expedient to divide 
a class into sections, the division shall be made according to 
the alphabetic list. 



32 OF ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR. 

§ 8. An honorable discharge shall always be granted to any 
student in good standing, who may desire to withdraw from 
the college ; but no undergraduate student shall be entitled 
to a discharge without the assent of his parent or guardian, 
given in writing to the President. 

§ 9. So soon as a student shall have been admitted to the 
college, he shall be presented with a copy of these statutes, 
and of any printed rules or by-laws made under them for the 
government of the students by the Board of the college ; and 
another copy of the same shall be sent or delivered to his 
parent or guardian. 



CHAPTER Y. 

OF ATTENDANCE. 

§ 1. Every Professor shall cause an exact roll to be kept 
of each class attending upon his instruction. 

§ 2. The roll shall be punctually called at the hour of at- 
tendance. Students absent or late shall be mci.rked. Penal- 
ties for non-attendance and tardiness shall be fixed by the 
Board of the college. 



CHAPTER VI. 

OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE STUDENTS. 

§ 1. Every student shall at all times, conduct himself to- 
wards the President, Professors, and Tutors, with resj)ect, and 
shall observe the strictest decorum when in class, attending to 
the exercises of the lecture-room, not engaging during such 
exercise in any study, and neither doing nor countenancing 
anything which may tend to incommode his teacher, or divert 
the'attention of his fellow-students. 



OF DISCIPLINE. 33 

§ 2. Every student, when sent for by the President, shall 
attend without delay. 

§ 3. Every student, when sent for by any Professor or tu- 
tor, shall attend without delay, unless it be during the hours 
appointed for lectures ; in which case he shall attend as soon 
as the lectures are ended. 

§ 4. No student shall be absent from any exercise, lecture, 
or recitation of the college, except for cause, of which the 
President shall be the judge. 



CHAPTER VII. 

OF DISCIPLINE. 

§ 1. The penalties imposed upon undergraduate students 
for misconduct shall be admonition, warning, suspension, dis- 
mission, and expulsion. 

§ 2. Acts of misconduct wliich may require collegiate cen- 
sure, shall be distinguished as high offences and misdemeanors. 

§ 3. The following are declared to be high offences, viz. : 
Taking an active part in promoting any combination to in- 
terrupt the exercises, or to resist the authorities of the col- 
lege, or to arrest the operation of law in it ; acting as chair- 
man, secretary, or other officer of any meeting held for the 
purpose of forming such a combination, or to promote its 
designs ; or serving as member of any committee charged with 
carrying out any order or instruction of such a meeting in 
pursuance of their illegal ends ; insulting the President or 
any other member of the Faculty, or committing any offence 
for which punishment may be inflicted by the municipal law. 

§ 4. The following offences shall be deemed to be mis- 
demeanors, viz. : Being intoxicated, or bringing or causing 

3 



34 OF DISCIPLINE, 

to be brought intoxicating licLuors to tlie college ; being 
concerned in any riot ; making disturbances about the col- 
lege at any time ; striking a fellow-student ; injuring or dis- 
figuring any building or any other property belonging to the 
college ; being concerned in^ or consenting to, any combina- 
tion to resist the authority of the President or Faculty, or 
interrupt the exercises, violate the statutes, or arrest the 
operation of law ; and doing any act, either singly or in con- 
cert with others, having a design or tendency to annoy the 
officers of the college, or any of them, or to obstruct them in 
the discharge of their duty. 

§ 5. Whenever a student shall have been fully convicted 
of any one of the high offences enumerated in section 3, of 
this chapter, he may be expelled. 

§ 6. The offences styled misdemeanors shall be punished 
by admonition, warning, suspension, or dismission, according 
to their nature and attendant circumstances. 

§ 7. Offences against good order and improprieties of con- 
duct not enumerated in these regulations, may be punished 
as circumstances require. 

§ 8. The Board of the college may, by general regulations, 
prescribe to suspended students, attendance upon tutors, 
who shall be compensated by such students. 

§ 9. No student who shall have been expelled, or twice 
dismissed, shall be re-admitted. 

§ 10. Whenever a student shall be admonished by order of 
the Board, suspended, dismissed, or expelled, notice shall be 
immediately given to his parents or guardians. 



OF THE MODE OF PUNISHMENT. 35 

CHAPTER VIII. 

OF THE MODE OF PUNISHMENT. 

§ 1. Complaint of misdemeanor in a student must be made 
to the President, who may privately admonish the offender, 
or, in his discretion, bring the subject before the Board ; 
but a Professor or Tutor, for misconduct in his presence, may 
cite the offender to appear before the Board. 

§ 2. The punishment of admonition, except when it shall 
be administered privately by the President under the first 
section of this chapter, and the punishment of suspension, 
dismission, and expulsion, shall be inflicted only by an act of 
the Board. 

§ 3. Three admonitions given by order of the Board shall 
be esteemed equivalent to one warning. After three warn- 
ings, a student shall be deemed to have forfeited his rights 
as a member of the college ; and upon any subsequent of- 
fence, or for conduct generally unsatisfactory, he may at any 
time be dismissed. 

§ 4. All sentences of the Board adjudging punishments 
shall be reduced to writing before they are pronounced, and 
the students whom they aff'ect shall be cited to hear the same 
read in the presence of the Board alone. 

§ 5. A student whom it may be necessary to bring before 
the Board shall have due notice of the time and place of their 
meeting, and shall be allowed to defend himself. 

§ 6. If it appear to the Board that the members of a class, 
or any number of them, have entered into a combination to 
avoid collegiate duties, or to violate any of the statutes or 
any regulation of the Board, they may be proceeded against 
by punishing any one or more who shall be found among the 
number who have so combined. 



36 OF EXAMINATIONS. 

§ 7. If injury be done to the buildings or otber property 
of the institution by any of the students, the Board shall have 
power to impose pecuniary mulcts, to the extent of the dam- 
age committed, upon the persons concerned, or any of them ; 
and unless such mulcts be paid, to render an account of the 
damage to the parents or guardians of such students ; and, 
in case of their neglect or refusal to pay the same, the Board 
may, in their discretion, suspend any student so offending 
from attendance upon the lectures until the required payment 
shall be made. 



CHAPTER IX. 



OF EXAMINATIONS, 



§ 1. There shall be two public examinations of all the 
classes every year. The one to commence on the first Mon- 
day in February, and the other on the first Monday in June ; 
the latter shall be the concluding examination in an academ- 
ical year ; the former shall be called the intermediate exami- 
nation. 

§ 2. The review of the studies of each term shall be con- 
ducted from time to time throughout the session, and shall 
not be i30stponed until the end thereof. 

§ 3. During the week preceding examination, the students 
may be excused from attendance at college. 

§ 4. The intermediate examination shall be conducted in 
such manner as the Board of the college may prescribe. The 
concluding examination shall be subject to the following con- 
ditions, viz. : 

Written examinations shall be held in every branch of 
study to which that method is applicable, the test questions 
or topics being selected by each instructor for the classes re- 
citing to him and in the subjects taught by him, and these 



OF EXAMINATIONS. 37 

tests shall be the same for all the students concerned, and 
shall not be made known to them or to any of them, until 
the classes are assembled for examination on the subjects to 
which they belong. 

No student shall bring or procure to be brought to the ex- 
amination-room any book, paper, or other help, or make use 
of any which may be brought ; nor shall any student give 
any information or assistance of any kind to a fellow-student 
during the examination, or receive any such from another ; 
and any one who shall be convicted of violating this rule shall 
be subject to discipline. 

The written performances of the students shall be exam- 
ined and valued by a committee of the Faculty, who shall 
not know at the time the individual authorship of the sev- 
eral papers committed to them. 

Oral examinations may also be conducted by the Faculty 
upon the same subjects, if it should seem expedient, and 
they will necessarily be resorted to whenever the nature of the 
case requires them ; but written examinations shall always 
be employed when it is practicable. 

Each Professor shall make and sign a written report to the 
Board of the college of the result of the examination made 
by him ; which report shall specify the names of all absent 
students, and the result of the examination of each student 
orally examined. 

The names of all students who shall ai)pear, from any such 
report, to have been absent from the examination, shall be 
entered in the minutes of the Board of the college. 

§ 5. The examinations shall be extended to the subjects of 
the previous course, so far as may be essential to indicate a 
complete understanding of the course in which the students 
are then engaged. 

§ 6. The examinations are to be close and rigid ; every 
student being left to stand or fall upon his proper merits, due 
tenderness being at the same time shown, that the effects of 
perturbation may be avoided as far as possible. 



38 OF THE PROFICIENCY OF THE STUDENTS. 

§ 7. Previous to each examination, public notice shall be 
given in two of the daily papers published in the city, of the 
time when the examination is to commence ; and the Regents 
of the University, the Trustees of the college, the parents 
and guardians of students, and such other persons as the Pres- 
ident may think proper to invite, shall be requested to actend. 

§ 8. Students absent from any public examination, shall be 
cited to appear before the Board of the college, to answer 
therefor : and no student so absent shall be suffered to pro- 
ceed with his class until he shall have satisfactorily account- 
ed for such absence ; nor until he shall have been duly ex- 
amined by the same Professors who examined the class to 
which he belonged, who shall report the result of such exam- 
ination in the same manner as that of Ihe public exami- 
nations. 



CHAPTER X. : 

OF THE PROFICIENCY OF STUDENTS. 

§ 1. In the weekly reports to the Board, required in chap- 
ter II., each Professor or other instructor shall report the 
names of such students as may be deiScisnt in his department, 
and also the names of those who may have been unprepared 
to recite, or who may have made absolute failure in attempt- 
ing to recite, with the number of these occurrences ; and the 
President shall immediately notify each student so reported 
as deficient, of the fact of such report. 

By deficiency in this chapter and elsewhere is meant such 
a degree of imperfection in scholarship as is inconsistent with 
the permanent continuance of the student in college, without 
material improvement. 

§ 2. The President shall also make a record of the reports 
of failure or want of preparation, for occasional communica- 
tion to parents or guardians, as hereinafter provided. 



OF THE PROFICIENCY OF THE STUDENTS. 39 

§ 3. At the end of every month each Professor or other in- 
structor shall make to the President a report on the proficien- 
cy of his classes, in the following form : 

All those whose performances throughout the month have 
displayed a thorou^^h understanding of their subjects and 
have been without any material error, shall be embraced in a 
list to be styled the first class of honor. 

All those whose performances, without being in the same 
degree perfect, are faulty only in particulars of minor impor- 
tance, shall be embraced in a second list, to be styled the 
second class of honor. 

All those who have a commendable degree of merit, yet 
who cannot be said to be faulty only in minor matters, shall 
be embraced in a third list, to be styled the third class of 
honor. 

The remaining names shall be embraced in a fourth class, 
without distinction, excei)t such as may be deficient, who 
shall form the fifth and lowest class. 

In order to guide his judgment in making these classifica- 
tions, each Professor or other instructor shall keep a book in 
which he shall enter a numerical record of the value of every 
scholastic performance of every student throughout the ses- 
sion, upon a scale ranging from a fixed maximum expressive 
of a perfect performance, to zero for total failure. 

§ 4. The President, on receiving these reports, shall imme- 
diately notify the parent or guardian of every student re- 
ported as deficient, of the ftict of such report or reports, and 
in the same notice he shall state the number of times said 
student has appeared in the weekly reports, provided for in 
section 1 of this chapter, as unprepared, or as having failed 
during the month. 

§ 5. At the close of each session, each Professor or other 
instructor shall make to the President a report in the form 
prescribed in the foregoing section, for the monthly reports, 
but embracing the results of the entire session ; and in ad- 
dition to this, arranging all the names included in the three 



40 OF THE PROFICIENCY OF THE STUDENTS. 

classes of honor in a numerical order of merit, bracketing 
under the same number names between which a distinction 
cannot be made. 

§ 6. From the reports so rendered the President shall cause 
to be prepared a general roll, constructed on the following 
principle : 

To every department of instruction shall be allotted a 
weight represented by the average weekly number of perform- 
ances required from the students in that department ; writ- 
ten exercises, compositions, and declamations, being estimated 
as equivalent to one or more recitations, as the instructor, 
with the approval of the President, may consider just. 
Then, for every student, the numerical grade in each depart- 
ment shall be multiplied by the weight of that department ; 
and the sum of the products shall determine the place in the 
general merit roll. 

§ 7. The first class of honor in general merit shall be 
formed of all those whose names appear in the first class of 
honor in all the reports from the departments, and of no 
other. The second shall be formed of those next in order 
who are not reported lower than the second in any depart- 
ment. And the third, of those next, who are not reported 
from any department lower than the third. 

§ 8. After each examination, reports shall be presented 
from the several departments exhibiting the results of the 
examination, in the same form as those above described fDr 
scholarship during the session ; and from these a general roll 
of merit shall be in like manner constructed. 

§ 9. The rolls of term scholarship and of the results of 
examination shall then be combined, giving equal weight to 
each ; and from this combination shall be constructed the 
final roll of class standing for the term. 

§ 10. Ho publication of the merit roll, in whole or in part, 
shall be made after the intermediate examination ; but if 



OF THE PROFICIENCY OF THE STUDENTS. 41 

any student shall be found deficient in any department for 
the term or examination, or both, his parent or guardian 
shall be immediately informed of the fiict ; and if any one 
shall be found deficient in all the departments, he shall be 
droi)ped from the roll. 

§ 11. After the concluding examination of the year, a 
yearly roll of class standing shall be formed by combining 
the rolls for the separate sessions, giving equal weight tv 
each ; with this proviso, that, in any case in which a stu- 
dent shall be judged to have made good, by subsequent eff'ort, 
a deficiency by which, in the earlier reports, his standing had 
been depressed, such allowance may be made as shall be 
necessary to secure to him his just grade. The following 
announcements shall then be made : 

1. For the Freshman Class, the names of those embraced 
in the three classes of honor, alphabetically arranged, with- 
out distinouishing the classes. 

2. For the Sophomore Class, the names of those embraced 
in the first and second classes, alphabetically as above, and 
also the names of those embraced in the third class in a sep- 
arate alphabetical list. 

3. For the Junior Class, the names of those embraced in 
each class separately, aiTanged alphabetically. 

4. For the Senior Class, the names embraced in each of 
the thret classes of honor, arranged in the order of merit 
within the classes. 

§ 12. At the conclusion of the course of study, a final 
roll of class-standing shall, be formed by combining the rolls 
of the several years, giving equal weight to each ; with the 
same proviso as in section eleventh. 

§ 13. In the annual catalogue, next following the gradua- 
tion of any class, shall be published the names embraced in 
its several classes of honor, arranged as in the final roll ; 
and in subsequent catalogues, the names of those in the first 
class of honor shall be retained, and shall continue to be an- 
nually published. 



42 OF COMMENCEMENTS. 

§ 14. The information contained in the announcements 
authorized and required in section 11, shall be communicated 
by the President, immediately after the concluding examina- 
tion, to the parents or guardians of all students. 

§ 15. If any student shall be found at the close of the 
year deficient in any department, he shall be dropped from 
the roll. Should it, however, appear, to the satisfaction of 
the Board, that a sufficient reason exists for such deficiency, 
and that his deficiency is not owing to his negligence, he may 
be restored to his class on passing an approved examination, 
at the close of the vacation, on the subjects in wbich he is 
deficient ; or in case he be a member of the graduating class, 
he may be recommended to the Board of Trustees for a de- 
gree sjpeciali gratid. 



CHAPTER XI. 

OF COMMENCEMENTS, 

§ 1. There shall be an Annual Commencement on the last 
Wednesday in June, when academical degrees shall be con- 
ferred. 

§ 2. Orations shall be delivered as follows by members of 
the graduating class who shall have been selected by the 
Board of the college, having reference to their standing in 
the class, and their capacity to acquit themselves creditably 
at the commencement : 

One Grreek salutatory and oration or poem ; 
One Latin oration or poem ; 
English orations ; 
And a valedictory. 

But a poem in English, or a G-erman oration, may be sub- 
stituted for either of the English orations. 

§ 3. All such orations shall be submitted to the President ; 
and the student who shall refuse or neglect to adopt the cor- 



OF VACATIONS. 43 

rections and amendments pointed out to him, or who shall 
deliver his oration or exercise otherwise than is approved hy 
the President, shall not receive his degree. 

§ 4. Any student neglecting or refusing to perform the 
part assigned to him, shall not receive his degree. 

§ 5. No alumnus of this college shall receive the degree 
of Master of Arts in less than three years after the date of 
his first diploma ; nor then, unless he shall have made such 
literary progress as, in the judgment of the Board, shall en- 
title him thereto. The President may assign to one or more 
of the alumni of the college who may ap^jly for a degree of 
Master of Arts, such orations or exercises as he may deem 
expedient ; which orations or exercises shall he delivered the 
last in the order of the day, the valedictory oration excepted ; 
but no oration or exercise shall be delivered unless approved 
by the President. ' 

§ 6. No person of immoral character shall be admitted to 
the honors of this college. 

§ 7. Each candidate for the degree of Bachelor or Master 
of Arts shall, before the same is conferred, discharge all his 
liabilities to the college, and also pay the fee prescribed for 
his diploma. 

§ 8. A committee of the Trustees, to be annually appoint- 
ed for that purpose, shall, together with the President, make 
all further requisite arrangement for the annual commence- 
ments. 

CHAPTER XII. 

OF VACATIONS. 

§ 1. There shall be a vacation of all the classes, from the 
last Wednesday in June until the Saturday preceding the 
first Monday in October, on which latter day the regular 
course of study shall commence. 



44 



OF THE LIBRARY. 



§ 2. There sliall be an intermission of the public lectures 
on Good-Friday, Ash- Wednesday, Easter Monday, and on 
such days in each year as may be recommended by the civil 
authority to be observed as days of fast or thanksgiving ; and 
from the twenty-third day of December until the fourth day 
of January, both exclusive. 

§ 3. The President may, in extraordinary cases, grant an 
intermission for other days, not exceeding one day at any one 
time ; and it shall be his duty always to report the same at 
the next succeeding meeting of the Trustees, together with 
the object and reason for granting such intermission. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



OF THE LIBRARY 



§ 1. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to take special 
care and charge of the books and other property of the libra- 
ry in conformity with such regulations as the Board of Trus- 
tees or the library committee shall adopt ; and, in general, 
to see that tire regulations are faithfully observed. He shall 
report in writing to the library committee, without delay, 
all infractions of the rules. 

§ 2. The Tiustees and officers of the college, the students 
of the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes, such mem- 
bers of the Freshman class and graduates of the college re- 
siding in the city as may be authorized for the current year 
in writing by the President, and such other persons as may 
be invested with the privilege by the library committee, shall 
have access to the college library, and be permitted to take 
books therefrom, in conformity with such regulations as may 
be duly established by the Board of Trustees or its library 
committee. 



OF FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. 45 

§ 3. The Librarian shall, annually, on the third Tuesday 
in June, lay before the President and the library commit- 
tee a written statement, in duplicate, of the condition of the 
library, together with the names of those who on that day 
retain books or other property of the library, as also the 
names of those who are in any way in default as regards the 
library. 

§ 4. No officer or student of the college, or other persons, 
shall take from the library any book or periodical, unless in 
conformity with the regulations, and in the presence of the 
librarian, or his assistant duly appointed, who shall at the 
time enter the title of such book, or periodical, the name of 
the person taking it, and the date, in a register provided 
for that purpose. 

§ 5. No books shall- be taken from the library during the 
interval between the third Tuesday of June and the end of 
the summer vacation, except such as may be taken by mem- 
bers of the Board of the college, in conformity with the 
rejiulations. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

OF FREE SCHOLARSHirS. 

§ 1. The corporation of the city of New York, the cor- 
poration of the city of Brooklyn, the Trustees of the Mer- 
cantile Library Association, of the Mechanics' Institute, and 
of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the 
City of New York, and the American Institute, shall each 
be entitled to have always two students ; the Alumni Asso- 
ciation of Columbia College, four students ; and the corpora- 
tion of Jersey City one student, educated in the college free 
of all charge for tuition. 



46 OF FOUNDATIONS. 

§ 2. Every religious denomination in the city of New York 
shall be entitled to have alv^ays one student who may be de- 
signed for the ministry educated in the college free of all 
charge for tuition. 

§ 3. Every school from which there shall be admitted in 
any one year into the college f)ur students who pay their 
fees, shall have the privilege of sending one scholar to be 
educated gratuitously in the college. 



CHAPTEE XY. 



OF FOUNDATIONS 



§ 1. Any person or persons who may found a scholarship 
by the payment of not less than one thousand dollars to the 
Treasurer of the college, shall be entitled to have always one 
student educated in the college free of all charges for tui- 
tion. This right may be transferred to others. The schol- 
arship shall bear such name as the founder or founders may 
designate. • 

§ 2. Any person or persons who shall endow a professor- 
ship in the classics, in political, mathematical, or physical 
science, or in the literature of any of the ancient or modern 
languages, by the payment of not less than thirty thousand 
dollars to the Treasurer of the college, shall forever have the 
right of nominating a Professor for the same, subject to the 
approbation of the Board of Trustees, who shall hold his 
office by the same tenure as the other Professors of the 
college ; — the nomination to be made by the person or per- 
sons who shall make the endowment, or such person or per- 
sons as he or they may designate. The proceeds of the 
endowment shall be appropriated to the salary of the Pro- 
fessor. 



STATUTE 



FOR ORGANIZING 



THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 



CHAPTER I. 

or THE TRESIDENT. 



The President of the college is the President of the Faculty 
of the Scliool of Mines. He shall preside at the meetings 
when present, and shall sign all diplomas for degrees duly 
conferred. 



CHAPTER II. 

or THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 

§ 1. The Faculty of the School of Mines shall consist of the 
President of the college, and the Professors of Mineralogy 
and Metallurgy, of Mining Engineering, and of Chemistry, 
and such other Professors as may hereafter he assigned by 
the Trustees. 

§ 2. The instruction shall be conducted by the above Pro- 
fessors, and such assistants and lecturers as have been or 
may hereafter be appointed under the authority of the 
Trustees. 



48 OF DISCIPLINE. 

§ 3. The Faculty shall have power to make such regula- 
tions for the management of the School of Mines as shall not 
contravene the charter of the college, nor the statutes, nor 
any order of the Trustees. 

§ 4. The concurrence of the President shall be necessary 
to every act of the Faculty. 

§ 5. The Faculty shall be authorized to elect a Dean from 
among their own number, who shall be charged with such 
duties as the President may delegate to him, 

§ 6. In case of the absence of the President, the senior Pro- 
fessor present shall preside at the meetings of the Board ; but 
no act of the Board thus constituted shall be valid, until ap- 
proved by the President. 

§ 7. The Board shall hold stated meetings at least once a 
month during term-time, and shall keep a book of minutes of 
its ^proceedings, to be submitted by the President to the Trus- 
te^^s at their meetings. 



CHAPTEK III. 

OF DISCIPLINE. 

§ 1. In case of misconduct in a student, unless the offence 
be so flagrant as in the judgment of the Professor to require 
the interference of the Faculty, the Professor shall admonish 
the offender, either privately or publicly, and, upon failure of 
success, may, in his discretion, bring the subject before the" 
Faculty of the school. 

§ 2. The punishment of dismission shall be inflicted only 
by an act of the Faculty. 

§ 3. A student whom it may be necessary to bring before 
the Faculty shall have due notice of the time and place of 
their meeting, and shall be allowed to defend himself. 



OF FEES FOR TUITION. 49 

§ 4. If injury be done to the buildings or other property 
of the college, or any property used by the School of Mines, 
by any student, the Faculty shall have power to impose a 
pecuniary mulct to the extent of the damage ; and, unless 
such mulct be paid, the offending student shall be punished 
in the discretion of the Faculty. 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF FEES FOR TUITION. 



The fees of the school shall be paid into the treasury of 
the college. 

4 



STATUTE 



FOR 



OPiGAiNlZlNG THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 



CHAPTER I. 



OF THE PRESIDENT, 



The President of tlie college is tlie President of the Fac- 
ulty of Law. He shall preside at its meetings, when present, 
and shall sign all diplomas for degrees duly conferred. 



CHAPTEE II. 



OF THE WARDEN. 



§ 1. There shall he a Warden of the Law School ; and the 
Professor of Municipal Law shall he the Warden. 

§ 2. It shall he the duty of the Warden to take charge and 
have a general care of the buildings used for the purposes of 
the Law School, and the movable property therein. 

§ 3. He shall report to the Trustees as occasion shall require 
concerning the state of the Law School, and the measures 



52 OF THE FACULTY OF LAW. 

whicli shall be necessary for its future prosperity, first sub- 
mitting such reports to the committee on the Law School. 

§ 4. It shall be his duty to see that the course of instruc- 
tion and discipline of the school be faithfully executed and 
to rectify all deviations from the s'^me. 

§ 5. He shall have power to grant leave of absence from the 
school for a reasonable cause and for such leno;th of time as 
he may judge the occasion may require. 

§ 6. He shall preside, in the absence of the President of the 
college, at Commencements of the Law School, and at all 
meetings of the Faculty, and shall sign all diplomas for de- 
grees duly conferred. 



CHAPTEE III. 



OF THE LAW FACULTY. 



§ 1. The President and the Professors engaged in instruc- 
tion in the Law School shall constitute the Law Faculty. 

§ 2. The Faculty shall have power to make such regulations 
for the management of the Law School as shall not contra- 
vene the charter of the college, nor the statutes, nor any 
order of the Trustees. 

§ 3. The concurrence of the President, when present at any 
meeting, and of the Warden, shall be necessary to every act 
of the Faculty. 

§ 4. In case of the absence of the President and of the 
Warden, the senior Professor present shall preside at the 
meetings of the Board ; but no act of the Board thus con- 
stituted shall be valid until approved by the Warden. 

§ 5. The Board shall hold meetings from time to time, 
when necessary, under the call of the President or the Warden, 



OF DISCIPLINE. 53 

and shall keep a book of minutes of its proceedings, to be 
submitted to the Trustees or the committee on the Law 
School, whenever called for. 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF DISCIPLINE. 



§ 1. Complaint of misconduct in a student must be made 
in the first instance to the Warden, who. unless the ofience 
be so flagrant as in his judgment to require the interference 
of the Faculty, shall privately admonish the oifender, and 
upon failure of success, may, in his discretion, bring the 
subject before the Faculty. 

§ 2. A Professor may, for misconduct in his presence, cite 
the offender to appear before the Faculty. 

§ 3. The punishment of dismission shall be inflicted only 
by an act of the Faculty, subject to approval of the com- 
mittee of the Law School. 

§ 4. A student, whom it may be necessary to brin*. before 
the Faculty, shall have due notice of the time and place of 
their meeting, and shall be allowed to defend himself 

§ 5. If injury be done to the building or other property of 
the Law School by any student, the Faculty shall have 
power to impose a pecuniary mulct to the extent of the 
damage, and unless such mulct be paid, the offending stu- 
dent shall be punished in the discretion of the Faculty. 



I^E]SOI_iTJTIOKrS 



PEOYEDINQ FOB A 



SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 



PASSED JUNE 4, 1860. 

Resolved, That the Board of trustees of Columbia Col- 
lege hereby adopts the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 
the city of New York as the Medical School of Columbia 
College. 

Resolved, That the diplomas of the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine shall be conferred by the president of the College 
of Physicians and Surgeons, sitting with the president of 
Columbia College, and shall be signed by the presidents of 
the respective colleges, and such others of the Faculty as 
may be designated, from time to time, by by-laws or resolu- 
tions of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

Resolved, That this connection shall be continued during 
the pleasure of the respective Boards of trustees of the two 
colleges, and may be determined by a vote of either Board, 
and notice thereof given to the other Board of trustees. 



MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS. 



[evolutions d^onceping ih^ ^olleg^. 



ACCOUNTS OF DEPAETMENTS OF INSTEUCTION TO BE AUDITED 
BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE. 

No payments on account of appropriations for depart- 
ments of instruction shall be paid by the treasurer until the 
bills therefor shall have been audited by the standing com- 
mittee. 

TXHTION FEES OF STUDENTS ENTERING DUEING TEEM TIME. 

Resolved, That when a student shall be admitted after 
the commencement of the scholastic exercises of the year, 
he shall be required to pay such part of the' tuition fee for 
the year as may be proportional to the time of tuition yet 
unexpired, provided that no deduction shall be made unless 
the time of admission be more than two months later than 
the beginning, and that, in estimating the amount to be 
paid, fractions of months shall be counted as entire months. 

THE PEESIDENT AND TEEASUEEE MAY EEMIT FEES IN 
CEETAIN CASES. 

Resolved, That whenever it shall appear to the satisfac- 
tion of the president and trea-surer that a student, who is of 
good moral character and industrious habits, is unable to pay 
his fee for tuition, such student may be permitted to proceed 
without charge, or, in case he shall so elect, may give his 
note for the amount, payable at his convenience after grad- 
uation. 



RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE COLLEGE, 57 

RESOLUTION RELATING TO A SCHOLARSHIP IN 
THE GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 

PASSSED JUNE 5, 1843. 

Besolved, That the trustees of Columbia College agree 
to, and do hereby accept, the terms offered by the Society 
for promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New 
York, and the scholarshij) placed at their disposal by the 
said society, on the conditions hereunto annexed. 

The conditions above refeiTcd to are as follows : 

1. Such nominee to be of the age, and other conditions, 
requisite to his entrance in the General Theological Seminary, 
and as candidate for the ministry in the Protestant Episcopal 
Church. 

2. That he shall have comijleted his college course, taken 
his degree of Bachelor of Arts, and been enrolled among those 
receiving special honors on quitting the college. 

3. That he shall have carried off the prize in question, 
viz., the seminary scholarship, in open competition, under 
the judgment of the Faculty, from his classmates competing 
for it — all competitors to report themselves to the educatioo 
committee of the society at least three montlis previous to 
the trial. 

4. That such scholarship be held during good behavior, 
subject to the society's rules and regulations for its scholars. 

5. That, in return for such right of annual nomination to 
seminary scholarship entitling the nominee to the full 

seminary course (now of three years), without charge, and 
with an annual stipend of two hundred dollars, the college to 
grant free tuition to two annual nominees of the society, entit- 
ling them in like manner to the full college course of four 
years — in other words, to two free students in each class. 



Resolutions ^onteiining th^ ,^(hool of Jllin^s, 



TEEMS OF INSTRUCTION. 

Resolved, That the terms of instruction in the School of 
Mines shall, after the present year, begin and end on the 
same days on which the terms in the collegiate department 
begin and end, and that the term for the present year shall 
extend until the close of the collegiate year. 

WINTEE VACATION. 

Resolved, That there be a short winter vacation in the 
School of Mines immediately following the close of studies 
of the first session in the academical department, and ending, 
for first-year students, when the second college session com- 
mences ; and for second and third-year students on the 
Wednesday nearest to the first of March ; such vacation to 
be employed by the higher classes as the rules of the School 
of Mines may require. 

PEOFESSOES IN THE COLLEGE WHO MAY BE PEOFESSOES IN 

THE SCHOOL. 

Resolved, That the professors in the Faculty of Arts who 
give instructions under the resolutions of this Board in the 
School of Mines, shall be entitled to seats in the Faculty of 
said school as members of the same, and shall be styled pro- 
fessors in the school. 

TUITION, IN CEETAIN CASES, FEEE OF CHAEGE. 

Resolved, That, in the case of meritorious, industrious, and 
promising young men, who may be desirous to attend the 
course of instruction in the School of Mines without being 



RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 59 

able to pay the necessary fees for tuition, the president and 
treasurer be authorized to use the same discretion in ad- 
mitting such students, as they are now empowered to exercise 
in regard to undergraduate students. 

FOUNDATIONS FOR SCHOLAESHIPS. 

Resolved^ That every person or corporation subscribing 
the amount of five thousand dollars towards the fund for 
establishing and endowing the School of Mines of Columbia 
College, shall be entitled to have one student in the school 
without charge for tuition fees, subject, however, to the dis- 
cipline and general regulations of the school ; such subscrip- 
tion, however, to be contingent on raising a fund of two hun- 
dred and fifty thousand dollars, independent of the college. 



CONDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO THE 
SCHOOL. 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED MARCH 6, 1865. 

Whereas, The trustees of Columbia College in the city of 
New York have established a School of Mines in said city, 
and are desirous that the same should be conducted and 
maintained in a manner that may advance the interests of 
science, and in connection therewith develop the mineral re- 
sources of the country ; and Whereas, It is deemed important 
that an adequate provision should be made for this object by 
a sufficient endowment, to reach, if possible, in means, build- 
ings, and equipment, the sum or value of five hundred thou- 
sand dollars ; and Whereas, It has been suggested that if the 
trustees be willing to contribute, in lands, buildings, and 
money, one half of the amount, the other half can be raised 
and will be given to the college ; now, therefore, be it 



60 KESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE SCHOOL OF MINES. 

Resolved, That, if the sum of two hundred and fifty thou- 
sand dollars be subscribed and paid toward the establishment 
of the school within one year from this date, that this Board 
will set apart in land or contribute in money, or partly in 
land and' partly in money, to the value of two hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars, for that purpose ; and further. Re- 
solved, That the associates of the School of Mines be hereby 
invited and requested to co-operate in this object, under the 
organization proposed by the following resolutions : 

Resolved, That the associates of the committee on the 
School of Mines be authorized and requested to meet with 
said committee, from time to time, during its continuance, 
subject to the regulations hereinafter mentioned, and such 
other as may be hereafter adopted by the Board of trustees. 

Resolved, That, at any meeting of the committee, any 
number shall constitute a quorum, provided four trustees be 
present. 

Resolved, That at such joint meeting, any two members 
may require any vote to be taken separately by the associ- 
ates of the committee and by the trustees present, and that 
in such case a concurrence of both shall be necessary to ac- 
tion ; but either or both may report a separate recommenda- 
tion to the Board of trustees. 



^esolutiouf) Concerning tlt^ ^diool of f aiu. 



PASSED FEBRUARY 1, 1804. 

FEES, SALARIES, AND EXPENDITURES. 

1. The tuition fees shall be one hundred dollars fur each 
year, for all students who shall hereafter enter the school, 
and for those who are now students, seventy-five dollars. 

2. The professor of Municijtal Law and the treacurer may, 
in special cases, omit the fees in whole, or in part. 

3. The fees shall be collected by the professor of Municipal 
Law, and be, from time to time, as received, paid by him to 
the treasurer. 

4. The rent and necessary repairs of the building occupied 
by the school, and an annual expenditure of two hundred and 
fifty dollars for the library, shall be paid by the college out 
of its general fund. 

5. The amount received for fees shall each year be applied : 
First — To the payment of all expenses of the school except 
those which are to be paid, as before-mentioned, out of the 
general fund of the college ; Second — To the payment of the 
professor of Municipal Law of a salary of six thousand dol- 
lars, so far as the receipts for the year may be sufficient for 
that purpose. Of the balance remaining after such applica- 
tion, one half shall be paid to the i)rofessor of Municipal 
Law, and the other half shall be retained by the college. 

6. The said salary of the professor of Municipal Law shall 
be paid in each year, three thousand dollars, on the first day 
of November, and the remainder at the end of the academic 



62 RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 

year of the school, so far as the receipts of the year shall 
suffice. 

7. The professor of Municipal Law shall be ex officio a 
member of the Law committee of the trustees. 

8. The trustees of the college shall, in all cases, on the 
recommendation of the Law committee, decide as to the ex- 
pediency of expenditures ; but they will not, without the 
consent of the professor of Municipal Law, and to the dimi- 
nution of his salary, employ any additional professors for 
assistant instructors, except in the department of Municipal 
Law. 



RESOLUTIONS 

coNSTmrriNG 

THE LIBRARY C0MMITTI5E, 

* 
AMD 

DEFINING ITS DUTIES AND POWERS. 

PASSED OCTOBER 6, 1863. 

Resolved, That the Library committee shall hereafter be 
constituted of three trustees, to be chosen by ballot. Im- 
mediately upon their election, "they shall be divided by lot 
into three classes, so that the time of one shall expire on the 
first Monday in November, 1863, of another on the first 
Monday in November, 1864, and of the third on the first 
Monday in November, 1865. An election by ballot shall be an- 
nually held, to fill the vacancy thus occurring, and the mem- 
ber then elected shall serve for three years. Any vacancy oc- 
curring by death, resignation, or otherwise, before the expira- 
tion of the term of service of the member, shall be filled for 
the remainder of the term of the member whose place shall 
have become vacant, by an election by ballot. 

The Library coraiuittee shall have the general charge 
and direction of all matters concerning the Library, subject 
always to the orders and control of the Board of trustees. 
They shall make such regulations as they may deem, from 
time to time, requisite and proper respecting the use of the 
Library. They shall direct the purchases of books, and shall 
control and direct all expenditures of moneys appropriated 
for the Library. They may dispose of duplicates of works 
contained therein, either by sale or otherwise. 

The Library committee shall meet statedly at least four 
times a year, and also specially when called together by a 



64 EESOLUTIONS CONSTITUTING LIBEARY COMMITTEE. 

written notice (of at least two days), either signed by two 
members of the committee, to the third, or signed by the 
Secretary, upon the written request of two members of the 
committee. 

Two members of the committee shall be a quorum, com- 
petent to transact business at any meeting whereunto all the 
members shall have been duly summoned ; subject, however, 
to such regulations as shall have been made by the committee. 

The Librarian shall be secretary of the committee, and 
shall keep, in an appropriate book, the minutes of its pro- 
ceedings, which shall be laid before the trustees, and read, 
from time to time, to the Board. He shall give to each mem- 
ber of the committee a written notice, of at least two days, 
of the time and place of every meeting of the committee. 

He shall, at the end of every year, prepare and submit to 
th.e committee, a full report of the condition of the Library, 
of its increase, and of any losses or change in its condition 
during the year, together with any suggestions he may deem 
proper to recommend or submit, with regard to its improve- 
ment or its management ; which report shall be entered at 
length upon the minutes of the committee, and read there- 
with to the Board of trustees. 

The Librarian shall observe rigidly, and shall enforce the 
rules and regulations that shall be, from time to time, adopted 
by the Library committee. 

No debt shall be contracted for the Library without the 
consent of the Library committee. 

Upon the election of the committee authorized and estab- 
lished by the foregoing resolutions, the Library committee, 
heretofore existing, shall cease and be discontinued, except so 
far as shall be necessary to close its business, and to make 
report thereof to the Board of trustees. 

All rules and regulations heretofore made by this Board, 
and now in existence, respecting the persons entitled to the 
use of the Library, shall be continued until otherwise ordered. 



RESOLUTIONS CONSTITUTING LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 65 

ADDITONAL RESOLUTION ON THE LIBRARY 
COMMITTEE. 

PASSED DECEMBER 5, 1864. 

Resolved, That the president of the college he a perma- 
nent memher of the Library committee. 



RESOLUTION 

BBGULATINO 

FEES FOR DIPLOMAS 

PASSED MARCH 6, 1865. 



Resolved, That no diploma for a degree in course con- 
ferred for proficiency in any department of instruction be 
delivered until a fee of five dollars shall be paid for preparing 
the same ; provided, however, that such fee shall not be 
required from any graduate of the law school or of the school 
of mines, who shall have entered therein prior to the passage 
of this resolution. 

5 



RESOLUTION 

BELATING TO 

EMERITUS PROFESSORS. 

PASSED NOV. 1, 1853. 



Besolved, That, for the purpose of appropriately acknowl- 
edging the services of such professors of this institution as 
shall have devoted themselves for a sufficient length of time 
— not less than twenty years — to the duties of their respec- 
tive departments of instruction, there be created an order of 
'' Emeritus Professorships," without salaries or stated duties, 
but with the following privileges and honors : 

\st. That the name and title of Emeritus Professor be in- 
serted in the printed lists of the Faculties of the college. 

2c?. That the professor be regularly and officially invited 
to be present with the Board of the college at all public ex- 
aminations, processions, and celebrations. 

3d That he have an untransferable right of nomination to 
one free scholarship, to be distinguished by the name of the 
professor. 

4ttJi. That his portrait be provided at the expense of the 
college, and be hung on the walls of the library, or other 
suitable room in one of the college edifices. 

5th. That he have gratuitous access, at the appointed 
times, to all the privileges of the libraries and collections. 



RESOLUTION RELATING TO EMERITUS PROFESSORS. 67 

6th. That the use of the college chapel (or, in the event 
of the removal of the college buildings, some equivalent 
facility) be afforded to the professor, for the delivery of an 
annual lecture, on any subject within the scope of his depart- 
ment, in case he should desire to avail himself of such ac- 
commodations. 



PRIZES. 



\m^ h the C^^llcgc, 



RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PRIZES IN" 
GERMAN. 

PASSED DECEMBER 7, 1857. 

Resolved, That, in conformity with the scheme reported 
in relation to instruction in the German Language, &c., two 
prizes for the German, one of thirty dollars, the other of 
twenty dollars, be awarded annually to the best student in 
each of the two classes into which it is proposed to divide 
the students ; provided that, in every case, the award be 
made to those among the competitors in each class sustain- 
ing the best examination, the decision to rest with the profes- 
sor of the department and the president. 



PRIZE OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 

A prize, established by the Association of the Alumni, of 
fifty dollars, in money or its equivalent, at the option of the 
receiver, is annually awarded at Commencement. 

Its conditions are, that it be given " to the most faithful 
and deserving student of the graduating class." 

Three names to be selected by the Faculty and submitted 
to the class, who from those three are to designate one. 



PRIZES IN THE COLLEGE. 69 



SEMINAKY PRIZES. 

Two annual prizes were founded in November, 1851, by- 
Rev. Dr. John McVickar, and accepted by the trustees 
March 1, 1852, to be awarded under the following conditions : 

1. The first to be entitled the Society's Greek Seminary 
Prize of thirty dollars, to be annually competed for among 
such members of the graduating class as shall have given in 
their names to the president at least one month previous to 
such competition, as candidates for the General Theological 
Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church— the examina- 
tion for such prize to be held publicly in the chapel, and 
separate from the other college examinations. 

1. The Epistles of the New Testament in Greek, "ad 
aperturam libri." 

II. On some of the early Greek fathers, to be designated at 
the time of noticing the prize, or if none be designated, then 
upon some portion of Chrysostom or Athanasius, at the 
choice of the student. 

The decision to be with the president and Greek professor, 
in the same manner as the other special college testimonials. 

2. The second to be entitled the Society's English Semi- 
nary Prize of twenty dollars, to be annually competed for 
as before, and to consist in the production of an essay (to be 
publicly read or not, as the president may determine) of the 
ordinary length of a pulpit discourse, on some subject con- 
nected with the course of evidences, and given out by him 
at the time of notice, and the prize to be adjudged as before, 
by the president and professor of that branch, such decision 
to have respect to — 

] st — The general ability and soundness of the essay ; 

2c? — Its logical and demonstrative form ; 

3d— The pure Saxon style and idiom in which it is written. 



70 PRIZES IN THE COLLEGE. 

Notice of the above prizes, with these conditions, to be 
publicly given out in the chapel, each year, at the com- 
mencement of the closing term of the Senior class, and each 
student giving in his name as " competitor" to designate 
the prizes for which he contends, and to be confined to the 
choice then made. 

The names of the successful candidates in both prizes 
to be enrolled in a suitable book,' to be provided and kept for 
that purpose, lettered appropriately, and kept on the Li- 
brary table, and also to be announced with other honors on 
commencement day. Payment of the above prizes to be 
made by the treasurer of the society on certificate of the 
president of the name of the successful candidate, and the 
fulfilment of the prescribed conditions. The name being 
enclosed in a personal letter from the candidate himself, 
stating his intention of entering the seminary at the opening 
of the ensuing term ; and such payment not to be taken into 
account, in the payment of any stipend allowed to such 
scholar on the part of the society itself. 

The names of the successful candidates to be also recorded 
honorably in the society's books. 

In case of lapse on the part of the college in the bestow- 
ment of one or both prizes, then the amount of such prize 
or prizes is not to pass into the general funds of the so- 
ciety, but to be specially appropriated by the Board, in 
such manner as they may deem best for furthering the end 
designed by this endowment, viz.. that of enlarging the num- 
bers and advancing the scholarship of candidates for the 
ministry, within the General Theological Seminary of our 
church, educated in Columbia College. 



§nm in the ^{Iml 4 Jauj. 



Resolved, That there be established a series of prizes in 
the Law School, to consist of the following sums : 

A first prize of $250, for excellence of attainments in 

legal science, &c. ; 
A second prize of .f 200 ; 
A third prize of $150 ; 
A fourth prize of $100. 

These prizes are to be conferred under the following rules 
and regulations : 

I.— EXAMINATIONS. 

There shall be an oral examination of candidates for the 
degree of Bachelor of Laws, at the close of the second year. 
The examination is to be conducted by the professors in the 
Law school, and is distinct from that hereinafter established 
for prizes. 

2.— DEGREES. 

The degree of Bachelor of Laws shall be conferred upon 
such students as shall pass an examination satisfactory to 
the professor of Municipal Law. 

3.— PRIZES. 

1. There shall be an examination of the candidates for 
prizes at the close of each collegiate year. Candidates must 
be connected with the Law school for two collegiate years. 



72 PRIZES IN THE SCHOOL OF LAW 

2. The test of excellence shall be twofold — 

a. By an examination in writing in answer to printed 
questions. 

h. By essays prepared upon such legal topics as may be 
suggested. 

The prizes shall be adjudicated upon the combined excel- 
lence of the essays and examinations. Diligence and regu- 
larity of attendance upon the prescribed exercises of the 
school shall form an element in reaching the conclusion. 

3. The following directions must be observed by candi- 
dates in preparing essays : 

a. The essays shall be written upon white letter paper of 
the best quality, with a margin of an inch wide. Only two 
pages of each sheet should be written upon. The chirogra- 
phy should be fair and legible. The essays should not exceed 
ten sheets in length, or three fourths of an hour in delivery, 
if spoken. 

h. The positions taken in the essays, if debatable, should 
be fortified by the citation of authorities. When the point 
is reasonably well settled, a single decision and leading au- 
thority shall suffice ; in other cases, more are admissible. 

c. Conciseness and clearness of expression, accuracy of 
statement, and close reasoning, should be carefully studied 
by the essayist. 

d. The essays should be signed with a fictitious name, and 
be accompanied by a sealed envelope, upon the outside of 
which shall be written the fictitious name attached to the 
essay ; and within, a slij) of paper containing the real name ol 
the autlior. The essays should be delivered to the professor 
of Municipal Law, on or before May 15th. 

e. The unsuccessful essays shall be returned to the authors 
with the envelopes unopened. The successful shall belong 



PRIZES IN THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 73 

to the college, and shall be preserved in bound volumes for 
the use of the Law library. 

/. Any essays which have received honorable mention from 
the committee of award, and have failed to receive a prize, 
may, with the consent of the authors, be bound with the 
prize essays. 

4. The examinations upon the printed questions shall be 
made as follows : 

a. Those who intend to compete for the prizes shall enter 
their names in a book provided for that purpose, before May 
1st. If among those names there are any who have been 
wanting in a reasonable degree of punctuality, they shall be 
informed before examination that they may fail of obtaining 
the prize. ^ 

b. The professor of Municipal Law shall call a session of the 
candidates at such time, near the close of the collegiate year, 
as may be convenient. He shall furnish, at the opening of 
the session, the printed papers to the students, who shall 
write their answers, in his jiresence, upon })aper similar to 
that provided for the essays, with a similar margin. During 
this session there shall be a general silence observed, except 
such necessary questions as may be addressed to the profes- 
sor, and there shall be expressly no communication of the 
candidates with each other regarding answers. A tailure to 
observe these rules will work a forfeiture of the right to re- 
ceive a prize. 

c. After this session is finished, the answers to the printed 
questions shall be signed with the fictitious name attached 
to the essays, and enclosed in an envelope as before. The 
answers shall belong to the college. 

5. The essays and answers shall thereupon be transmitted 
to a committee on prizes, consisting of three members of the 
legal profession that are to be selected by the Law Commit- 



74 PKIZES IN THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 

tee of the college. The report of this committee will be 
communicated to the clerk of the college in writing. 

6. The names of the successful candidates and tlie sub- 
stance of the report, shall be published in the principal 
daily papers in the city, at the expense of the college. No- 
tice will also be given by letter to the successful candidates. 

7. The prizes shall be awarded at tbe option of the recip- 
ient, in money, medals, or books ; when no notice is given to 
the contrary, the award will be in money until otherwise 
ordered. The professor of Municipal Law will countersign 
all drafts upon the treasurer before they can become avail- 
able. 



ADDITIONAL EESOLUTION IN EEGARD TO 
PRIZES IN THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 

PASSED MAY 20, 1860. 

Resolved, That the existing system of prizes be modified 
so that the second prize of two hundred dollars be awarded 
for excellence in the department of Political Science, and 
that students competing for other prizes be not required to 
attend in any department except that of Municipal Law. ^ 



$\\u{^ ill thi| ^chaol of P(jdii[in(^. 



FACULTY PRIZES. 

Two prizes are annually awarded by the Faculty, at the 
college commencement in March, for thfe best two gradu- 
ating theses presented during the year, viz. : a first prize 
of fifty dollars, and a second prize of twenty-five dollars. 
The theses competing for these prizes are to be handed in to 
the secretary of the Faculty, in th(3 fall, by the 1st of Sep- 
tember ; and in the spring, by the 1st of February. 

HARSEN PRIZES. 

FOUNDED BY JACOB HARSEN, M. D., AN ALUMNUS OF THE 
COLLEGE. 

Three annual prizes will be awarded for the best three 
written reports of the clinical instruction in the New York 
Hospital, during any four months of the year immediately 
preceding the annual commencement in March, which shall 
be prepared and presented by students of the College of. 
Physicians and Surgeons, viz. : 

A first prize, of one hundred and fifty dollars ; 
A second prize, of seventy-five dollars ; and 
A third prize, of twenty-five dollars. 

With each prize there is conferred a Harsen Prize 
Medal, in bronze, of elegant design and workmanship, and 
an ornamental certificate on parchment. 

The reports competing for these prizes are to be handed 
in, on or before the 20th day of February in each year. 



BY-LAWS 



ESTABLISHED BY 



TI^EJ I^ ^^ O XJ Xj T ^^ 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL RULES OF ORDER. 



§ 1. Every student is expected to deport himself, while at 
college, with the same propriety which he would feel bound 
to observe elsewhere in society. Students are assumed to be 
gentlemen, and they will be treated as such. It is at once 
their duty and their interest to avoid any act inconsistent with 
a gentlemanly character. 

§ 2, During the hours set apart for college exercises, it will 
not be allowable for students to linger about the grounds, the 
passages, or the vacant rooms. 

§ 3, It is not permissible, at any time, to throw sticks, 
stones, or any other kind of missiles, upon the college prem- 
ises, unless in such games of recreation as the President may 
permit, 

§ 4. No student may leave the college premises during 
college hours, without the permission of the President. 



78 GENERAL RULES OF ORDER. 

§ 5. At the ringing of the bell for morning prayers, every 
student will promptly repair to his seat in the chapel, and 
remain there until the close of the chapel services. 

§ 6. Immediately after prayers, the students of the several 
classes or sections will proceed directly and in an orderly man- 
ner to their respective class or section rooms, where they 
will remain until the close of the hour allotted to the exer- 
cise. 

§ 7. At the end of each hour the bell will ring, and the 
classes and sections will be dismissed. Between the first and 
the second hour, and again between the second and the third, 
there will be allowed an interval of five minutes, when the 
bell will be tolled, and the students will promptly repair to 
the rooms where their attendance is due. Any disorder in 
the passages or anywhere about the premises, during these 
intervals, will be regarded as especially censurable. 

§ 8. The use of tobacco in any form upon the college prem- 
ises is expressly forbidden. Any known violation of this 
rule will subject the student concerned to the penalty of ad- 
monition. 

§ 9. Excuses for absence from recitation and from prayers, 
unless the permission of the President has been previously 
obtained, and except in the single case specified in the chapel 
regulations ; and also excuses for tardiness at these exercises, 
must be presented to the President in writing, certified by 
the signature of the parent or guardian of the student con- 
cerned ; and must state the cause or reason of the absence or 
tardiness. They must be presented at the first appearance 
of the student at college after the occurrence of the absence 
or tardiness ; otherwise, unless the delay is satisfactorily ac- 
counted for, they will not be received. If delayed more 
than one week after they are due, all excuses are absolutely 
barred. 

§ 10. No student will be permitted to leave a class-room 
during the progress of any scholastic exercise, except under 



DETERMINATION OF STANDING, 79 

extraordinary circumstances, nor then without the permission 
of the officer presiding ; and any student so permitted to 
withdraw shall return as soon as possible. While one stu- 
dent is thus absent under j)ermiBsion, no other one shall be 
permitted to leave the room. 

§ 11. Three unexcused absences from recitation or prayers 
in any one term, will subject the student to the penalty of 
admonition. Five in a term, will make him liable to a sec- 
ond admonition. Seven in a term, will be followed by a warn- 
ing. For greater irregularities, higher penalties will be in- 
flicted at the discretion of the Board. 

Two instances of tardiness shall be counted as equivalent 
to one absence. 

§ 12. Whenever a student shall fail to appear at college for 
four consecutive days, and no explanation of his absence shall 
be received, the President will notify the parent or guardian 
of such student of the fact. If, after the lapse of a reasona- 
ble time, no information shall be received of the causes of his 
absence, and he shall still fail to reappear, his name shall be 
stricken from the roll, and he shall cease to be a member of 
colleije. 



CHAPTER II. 

DETERMINATION OF STANDING. 

§ 1. Every officer will keep a record of the value of every 
scholastic performance rendered to him, according to a scale 
of merit ranging from ten, as a maximum for a perfect perform- 
ance, to zero, for a total failure. 

§2. When a student is present at any exercise without 
being called upon to perform, he will receive a credit for that 
exercise equal* to the average of his actual performances. 



80 



CHAPEL REGULATIONS. 



§ 3. For every exercise from whicli a student is absent, he 
shall be marked zero. In case the absence has been excused 
(in which case the student will exhibit to the officer the Pres- 
ident's certificate to that fact), he may be permitted to per- 
form the omitted exercise in private to the officer, and 
will be credited with the estimated value of such per- 
formance. 

§ 4. The privilege of thus making good lost exercises shall 
not extend beyond one week after the reappearance of the 
student at college. 

§ 5. In the case of an absence long continued, in consequence 
of illness, or other uncontrollable cause, the Board of the 
college may determine the mode of estimating scholarship, 
according to the circumstances of each individual case. 



CHAPTEE III 



CHAPEL REGULATIONS. 



§ 1. The bell for morning prayer will begin to ring at 91 
o'clock, A. M., and will ring for two minutes, during which 
time the students will repair to their seats in the chapel. 
The chapel door will then be closed, and will not be opened 
again until after the reading of the lesson. The door will 
then be opened for the admission of such as may be tardy, 
and will then again be closed, and will remain closed until 
the end of the services. After the services, the senior class, 
with the officers who instruct them, will first leave the 
chapel ; the other classes, with their instructors, will follow 
in order, as they may be dismissed by the President. 

§ 2. The students of the several classes will be seated in 
the chapel in alphabetical order, and will preserve this order 



CHAPEL REGULATIONS. 



81 



throughout the year. An intentional violation of this rule 
will subject the student to the penalty of aclAionition. 

§ 3. An Officer of the Koll will he appointed by the Presi- 
dent from among the students most distinguished in scholar- 
ship in each class, whose duty it shall be to note the names 
of those members of his class who may be absent or tardy. 
Each such officer will have a seat from which he may observe 
the members of his class, and will make his record silently. 
He will deliver his report to the President before leaving the 
chapel. 

§ 4. No books, papers, canes, umbrellas, or other articles 
unsuited to the place, will be permitted in the chapel. 

§ 5. Every student is expected to deport himself, while in 
the chapel, decorously and reverently. It is made the duty 
of the Janitor to note any impropriety of conduct which may 
occur during the services, or before or after them, and to re- 
port the same to the President without delay. The profes- 
sors and other instructors are expected to co-operate in secur- 
ing the observance of this rule. 

§ 6. Should a student who is on the college grounds at the 
opening of the exercises fail to attend at the chapel, or should 
he arrive after the opening, but in time to enter after the 
reading of the lesson, and fail then to attend, he will be liable 
to admonition. Should he arrive after the second closing of 
the door, and before the close of the services, it will be his 
duty to repair to the cloak-room, and to remain there until 
the services are over. Neglect to do this will also make him 
subject to admonition. 

§ 7. No general exemption from the duty of attendance at 
chapel will be granted, unless in the case of a student resid- 
ing out of the city, whose parent or guardian shall certify m 
writing that, to his certain knowledge, there is no available 

6 



82 CHAPEL EEGULATIONS. 

means of transportation by whicli said student can reacli the 
college in season for this duty. It will not be sufficient to 
represent that a train or ferryboat is likely to be occasionally 
late ; but, in these cases, the student's own testimony to the 
fact of such an accident will be received. This excuse must 
be given personally to the President, immediately upon the 
student's arrival at college. , 



REGULATIONS OF THE LIBRARY. 



1. The Library shall be open from the hour of noon imtil 
3 o'clock p. M., every day, while the college is in session, 
except Saturday and Sunday, and holidays established by 
statute. 

2. No person shall be allowed to take at one time more 
than one volume, if in folio or in quarto ; or one set, not 
exceeding three volumes, if in octavo or of less size. 

3. A folio or a quarto may be retained four weeks ; an 
octavo three weeks ; and a duodecimo, or a volume of less 
size, two weeks. 

4. Any person who shall detain a book longer than the 
time above limited, respectively, shall forfeit and pay to the 
Librarian, for the use of the Library, for every day a volume 
is so detained, if it be a folio or a quarto, two cents ; if an 
octavo or a volume of less size, one cent ; and until such 
payments be made shall not be permitted to take out any 
other book. 

5. The above restrictions as to the number of books to be 
taken out, and the time for which they may be kept, shall 
not apply to officers of the college engaged in the instruc- 
tion of its students ; yet they, as well as all other persons, 
shall be required to return whatever books they have belong- 
ing to the college, so that they may be in their places on the 
shelves on the third Tuesday in June of every year. 



84 REGULATIONS OF THE LIBRARY. 

6. The Librarian shall note, in a register to be kept for 
that purpose, the books delivered by him ; the persons who 
receive them ; the days on which they are taken and re- 
turned ; together with whatever forfeitures may have been 
incurred. 

7. Books, which, as containing fine engravings, or other- 
wise, are of great value, or which are subjects of frequent 
reference, as lexicons, cyclopedias, atlases, &c., shall, under 
the direction of the Library committee, be marked in the 
catalogue with an asterisk, and shall not be taken out of the 
Library. 

8. No person shaU, without permission of the Librarian, 
remove books from the shelves, nor take from the Library 
any book not delivered to him for that purpose by the 
Librarian, who shall observe the condition of every book 
when given out and when returned ; and the person in whose 
possession a book shall have sustained any injury, shall 
repair the same, or make satisfaction therefor, before he can 
take out any other book. In case any book shall not be 
duly returned, the person in default shall pay its value to 
the Librarian, or if it made part of a set, the full value of 
such set, the remainder of which may thereupon be taken by 
the person so paying for the same. 

9. All books taken out within the four weeks next pre- 
ceding the third Tuesday in June, of every year, shall be 
taken under an engagement to return the same previous to 
that day. The Librarian shall endeavor to have on that day 
every book belonging to the Library in its place. 

10. In the annual report on the condition of the Library, 
the Librarian shall render an account to the Library com- 
mittee of all moneys received by him for fines and forfeitures, 
annual contributions, donations, on the exchange and sale 
of books, or otherwise, as Librarian. He shall take care 



REGULATIONS OF THE LIBRARY. 85 

that the Library be at all times well aired, and guarded 
against moisture, and, as far as possible, from dust. He 
shall see that it is carefully cleaned from time to time, as 
may be needed. He shall permit no loud conversation or 
other noise within it, that may disturb those engaged in 
study or research. He shall make a suitable aiTangement of 
the books upon the shelves ; shall letter or number each 
volume in such a manner as to indicate its place ; and shall 
maintain a correct and complete catalogue of all books be- 
longing to the Library, and therein so denote them by their 
respective letters and numbers that any book may readily be 
found. 

11. A list of all donations to the Library, together with 
the names of donors, shall be entered in a book provided for 
that purpose, which shall be placed on a table in the Library 
and remain there for inspection. 



INDEX. 



PAGE. 

Absence — case of long continued 79, 80 

Absences, to be reported 32 

" excuses for 78 

" unexcused — penalty for 79 

Acts of misconduct, how classified 33 

Admission, age of 30 

' ' requisitions for r 31 

' ' examinations for 31 

" of students from other colleges 31 

Admonition, how to be given 35 

Admonitions, three equivalent to a warning 35 

Appropriations, payments from to be audited 56 

Attendance 32 

Behavior of students 32 

Board of trustees 7 

Board of the college, how constituted 26 

*' " •' powers of 27 

" " " meetings of 27 

" " '' are to keep minutes 28 

Buildings, to be under presidents charge 25 

By-Laws 77 

Chapel regulations 80 

Classes of undergraduates, number and style 28 

" " studies of 28 

" " how an-anged in class-rooms 28 

" " division of, how made 31 

Classes of honor 39 

CoUege of Physicians and Sm-geons, adopted as School of Medicine .... 55 

Combinations, unlawful, how to be treated 35 

Committees of the trustees 8, 9 

Committee on the Library, how constituted 63, 65 

" " " powers and duties of 63 

" on Prizes, in the School of Law 73 

Commencement, time of 42 

' ' exercises at 42 

" committee on 43 

Course of study, outUne of 28 

" " detailed plan to be pubUshed 29 



Ob INDEX. 

* PAGE. 

Damages, punislied by fine 36, 48, 53 

Dean of the School of Mines 48 

Deficiency, what is understood by 38 

Deficient students, how to be treated 39, 42 

Degree of Bachelor of Laws, examination for 71 

" Doctor of Medicine, how to be conferred 55 

" Master of Ai-ts, how soon conferred 43 

" " " conditions required for 43 

Degrees, when conferred 42 

" may be forfeited, how 42, 43 

" candidates for must pay all dues 43 

Determination of Standing 39, 40, 41, 79 

Diploma-fees, resolution regulating 65 

Diplomas, must be paid for before delivery 43 

Diplomas, in School of Medicine, how to be delivered 55 

Discharges, granted only with consent of parent 32 

Discipline, in the college 33 

" in the School of Mines 48 

" in the School of Law 53 

Dues lo college, to be paid before degree is conferred 43 

Emeritus professors, who may become 66 

" " their privileges 66 

Examinations, number of 36 

how to be conducted 36 

may extend to previous course 37 

to be advertised , . 37 

invitations to be issued for 37 

students absent from 37 

Exemption from attendance at chapel, when allowed 81 

Exercises may be suspended by the president 44 

Expelled stadents not to be readmitted 34 

Faculty of the college, how constituted 26 

" " names of 10 

" " their powers and duties 28 

' ' of the School of Mines, how constituted 47 

" " " names of 12 

" '* " powers of 48 

" " '• meetings of 48 

" " " are to keep minutes 48 

' ' of the School of Law 52 

" " " names of 13 

" " " powers of 52 

" " " meetings of 52 

" " " are to keep minutes 52 

Faculty of the School of Medicine, names of. 14 

Failures at llecitation, to be recorded 38 



LolC. 



INDEX. ^^ 



PAGE. 

Fees, of undergraduates 31, 56 

" of students in School of Mines 51 

'< of students in School of Law ' ^^ 

" may be remitted in certain cases 56, o8, 61 

Fines, for damages, in the college •'" 

" in the School of Mines ^^ 

" in the School of Law "^ 

Foundations, for scholarships ■*" 

" in the School of Mines 59 

' ' for professorships ^" 

General rules of order ' ' 

Grounds, to be under president's supervision 25 

Harsen prizes, iu School of Medicine 75 

High offences defined *''' 

•' " punishment of - ^* 

Historical Sketch of Colimibia College 1' 

44 

39 

30 



Holidays 

Honor classes. 



Houis of insti'uction 

Interval allowed between class hours '° 

Janitor, his duty in the chapel °*- 

Laws, copies of, to be delivered to students 32 

" " to be sent to parents 32 

Law School 51 

President of 51 

Warden of 51 

Faculty of 52 

discipline of 53 

Librarian, his duties * 

" shall report, annually *5 

Library, laws relating to 44, *o 

" committee on 44, bo 

" who shall have use of ^ 

" shall be closed during vacation *5 

rules of • ^^ 

Masters of Arts, orations by, at Commencement 13 

SI 

Matriculation 

Medal, Harsen, bronze, in School of Medicine 75 

Merit in recitation, how estimated "^ 

Merit Koll, how constructed 40, 41 

" publication of 

Mining School ' 

«« President of *' 

Faculty of ^"^ 

•« instruction in *' 



90 INDEX 



PAGE. 

Mining School, discipline of 48 

" fees of 51 

Misdemeanors, defined 33 

" punishment of 3i 

Missiles on the college premises forbidden 77 

Morning prayer, time of 80 

Non-attendance at chapel, how to be treated 81 

Ofl&cers of the roU, their duties 81 

Payments for departments of instruction to be audited 56 

Penalties, for offences, enumerated 33 

' ' for unexcused absences 79 

Physicians and Surgeons, CoUege of, adopted as School of Medicine. ... 55 

President, of the college, his powers and duties 25 

' ' shall have casting vote in the Board 27 

" his concurrence necessaiy to acts of Faculties 27, 48, 52 

" may suspend exercises 45 

" with Treasurer, may remit fees 56, 58, 61 

" is a permanent member of Library committee 65 

Piize essays, directions for preparing 72 

' ' committee on, how appointed 73 

' ' successful, how to be disposed of 72 

' ' "which receive honorable mention 73 

Prize of the Alumni Association 68 

Prizes, in College 68 

for excellence in German 68 

for excellence in New Testament and Patristic Greek 69 

for essay on the evidences 69 

in the School of Law 71 

for attainments in legal science 71 

for attainments in political science 74 

examinations for, how to be conducted 73 

names of successful competitors to be published 74 

in School of Medicine 75 

awarded by the Faculty 75 

founded by Jacob Harsen 75 

Professors, reports to be made by 28, 37, 38, 39 

" of the college, to have no other occupation 28 

" time of, with the classes 29 

" shall not excuse classes from attendance 30 

" Emeritus, who may become such 66 

" " privileges enjoyed by 66 

Professorships, how they may be founded 45 

Punishments for high offences *. 35 

« for misdemeanors 35 

" mode of administering 35 

" notices of to be sent to parents 35 



INDEX. 91 

PAGE. 

Punishments, sentences to be in writrog 35 

Recitations lost, may be made up 80 

Eecoi;d to be kept of recitations 39, 79 

" " " failures 38 

" " " want of preparation 38 

Kegulations of the Library 83 

Reports, of President, to trustees 25 

" " to parents 35, 39 

of professors , 28, 37, 38, 39 

" of Librarian 45 

Roll-Officers, duties of 81 

Rolls, of classes, to be kept by each professor 32 

' ' of merit, how to be constructed 40, 41 

" " publication of 41 

Schedule of exercises 29 

Scholarship in the General Theological Seminary 57 

Scholai-ships, free, how many 45 

" " may be founded, how 45, 59 

School of Law • 51 

" President of 51 

" Warden of 51 

'* Faculty of 52 

" discipline of 53 

*' fees in 61 

" prizes in | 71 

School of Mines 47 

" President of 47 

" Dean of 48 

Faculty of 47, 58 

" instruction in 47 

" scholastic tenrs in 58 

" discipline of . . 48 

fees of 49 

School of Medicine 55 

" «' Faculty of 14 

" " trustees of 16 

'« " degiees how conferred in 55 

" " piizesin 75 

Seminary prizes 69 

" scholarship 57 

Sketch, historical, of Colimibia College 17 

Statutes of the CoUege 25 

" " School of Mines 47 

<« " " School of Law 51 

Students, behavior of 32 

" to be admonished for misconduct 35 



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Students, misconduct, to be reported to parents 34 

" under suspension, may be required to study 34 

" after expulsion shall not be readmitted 34 

' • may not leave the coUege premises without permission 77 

" may not leave class-room without permission 78 

' ' may not hnger about the grounds, &c 77 

" must matriculate before attending classes 31 

" from other colleges 31 

" deficient to be dropped from the roU 41, 42 

" partially deficient, how to be treated 42 

Suspensions, of exercises 43 

Tardiness — two instances of counted as one absence 79 

Text-Books, how to be selected 30 

Tobacco — use of prohibited 78 

Tmstees of the college — names of 7 

Trustees of the School of Medicine 16 

Tuition fees, of rmdergraduates, when payable 31 

" may be remitted in certain cases 56, 58, 61 

" of students in School of Mines 51 

" of students in the School of Law 61 

Unexcused absences, penalties for 79 

Vacation, time and duration of 43 

" in winter, of School of Mines 58 

Want of preparation, to be recorded 38 

Warden, of School of Law, his duties 51 

" " " is to report 51 

" " " his concurrence necessary to acts of Faculty. . 52 

Warnings, three, equivalent to dismission 35 



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